At least two people died and 21 were injured this Tuesday at Hospital in Yunnan Province, China (southwest) in a man-owned crash that was initially reported to have killed more than ten people and the circumstances of which are still unknown.

Local authorities and media initially reported that “ten victims” had died in the incident, a figure they later clarified did not specifically refer to the death toll.

The incident occurred at 1:20 p.m. local time, according to the official Xinhua news agency, which added that authorities were “checking and reviewing” the situation.

“The situation is still somewhat chaotic,” an eyewitness told The Paper, which says authorities are still They count the dead and wounded.

Judging by the video, which has not yet been verified, The attacker has already been detained by security forces outside the case.

Hospital surveillance images circulated by the aforementioned media outlets show a man in the hospital center. carry at least two knives which started attacking several peopleafter which several people fell to the ground with injuries.

For now The attacker’s motives are unknownAlthough several episodes of violence in the country’s hospitals In 2016, Asia forced authorities to place armed police at these types of centers to stop patients or relatives from attacking medical staff.