<p>A deadly knife attack in eastern China on Saturday killed at least five people and left 15 injured, according to local police.</p>.<p>Authorities in the city of Anqing in Anhui province received a report Saturday afternoon that a man had stabbed pedestrians on the street with a knife, according to a statement by an Anqing district police station on its Weibo social media account.</p>.<p>The attacker was arrested and the injured were taken to the hospital for treatment, police said.</p>.<p>The reason for the attack was not immediately clear, and the case is under investigation.</p>.<p>A blood bank in Anqing called for people to donate to the injured, saying its blood reserves were running low, according to a local newspaper report.</p>.<p>Chinese law restricts the sale and possession of firearms, and mass attacks are generally carried out with knives or homemade explosives.</p>.<p>Perpetrators of similar attacks in the past have been described as mentally ill or bearing grudges against society.</p>.<p>Last December, a knife attack outside a sauna and bathhouse in northeastern China killed at least seven and injured seven others.</p>.<p>A school security guard wielding a knife injured at least 39 people at a kindergarten in the southern region of Guangxi in June last year. The culprit was sentenced to death.</p>
<p>A deadly knife attack in eastern China on Saturday killed at least five people and left 15 injured, according to local police.</p>.<p>Authorities in the city of Anqing in Anhui province received a report Saturday afternoon that a man had stabbed pedestrians on the street with a knife, according to a statement by an Anqing district police station on its Weibo social media account.</p>.<p>The attacker was arrested and the injured were taken to the hospital for treatment, police said.</p>.<p>The reason for the attack was not immediately clear, and the case is under investigation.</p>.<p>A blood bank in Anqing called for people to donate to the injured, saying its blood reserves were running low, according to a local newspaper report.</p>.<p>Chinese law restricts the sale and possession of firearms, and mass attacks are generally carried out with knives or homemade explosives.</p>.<p>Perpetrators of similar attacks in the past have been described as mentally ill or bearing grudges against society.</p>.<p>Last December, a knife attack outside a sauna and bathhouse in northeastern China killed at least seven and injured seven others.</p>.<p>A school security guard wielding a knife injured at least 39 people at a kindergarten in the southern region of Guangxi in June last year. The culprit was sentenced to death.</p>