The attacker was detained by the police, according to the Global Times.
The police arrived at the crime scene after reports that an unknown assailant attacked passers-by.
The injured were hospitalized.
Local residents arrived at the hospital to donate blood for the victims, the publication reports on Twitter.
Local residents in Anqing, Anhui Province, line up to donate blood Saturday night after a knife attack that caused five people's death and injured 15 people.
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- Global Times (@globaltimesnews) June 5, 2021
In late April, a man with a knife attacked a kindergarten in Beilu City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, killing two people.