On 16 November 2024, a former student stabbed 25 people, killing eight, at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.

The Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology is a full-time public general professional college located in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. According to the college profile, it occupies nearly 1,000 square metres of land and has a building area of about 290,000 square metres.

Around 6:30 p.m. local time, 21-year-old former student Xu Jiajin went on a stabbing spree at the college while classes were ongoing, killing eight and injuring 17 others.

According to media sources, the assailant hid in bushes on campus and then stabbed students indiscriminately. Pictures of the scene showed victims on the ground with blood on their clothes. Some students said that their roommates were stabbed and told others not to go out. Many students hid in their dormitories and even sealed their doors with clothing boxes to prevent the murderer from breaking in.

Several police cars and ambulances were parked outside the college, and police officers entered with shields in hand. The assailant confronted the police at the college playground with knives, and they pointed flashlights at the assailant. A police officer subdued him while he was on his side, as several male students also came forward to help.

At around 11:30 p.m. that night, the Yixing City Public Security Bureau reported that the assailant had been arrested on the spot and admitted to the crime. Some of the injured were sent to the new campus of Yixing People's Hospital.

The suspect was identified as Xu Jiajin, a 21-year-old recent graduate of the college.

According to police, the perpetrator was a 2024 graduate of the college and had failed his exams. He allegedly confessed "without hesitation" to committing the attack due to anger over not receiving his graduation certificate, poor exam results, and "dissatisfaction with internship compensation".

An alleged suicide note of the perpetrator circulating on social media included the statement that he was owed wages by the factory and that the college had withheld his diploma, preventing him from graduating. It also included statements such as "I hope that my death will lead to the advancement of labor laws" and "long live the proletariat."

The attack received worldwide media attention. Bouquets of flowers were placed at one entrance of the college but were later removed by security.

As of 17 November, the injured victims, aged 18–19, were being treated, and investigations were still underway.

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