Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in eastern China on Saturday, police said — the latest in a recent spate of attacks that has shaken a nation long used to low rates of violent crime.

Prayers are pouring in for a college campus after a mass stabbing this weekend.An "angry" ex-college student, reportedly bothered by his test scores and low internship pay, reportedly went on a stabbing spree on campus.

A former student went on a stabbing rampage at a vocational college in eastern China, killing eight people and injuring 17, police said on Sunday, just days after the deadliest mass killing in the country in a decade shocked Chinese society.