- Knifeman said to be disturbed by Doomsday rumours that world will end
- He slashed woman in her home before frenzied machete attack at school
These pictures show a man obsessed by Doomsday rumours slashing a Chinese schoolgirl with a machete outside her school gates.
Min Yongjun, 36, has been arrested on suspicion of jeopardising public security for stabbing a total of 23 children last Friday.
A statement from the Guangshan county government indicated that Min might have been strongly affected by 'Doomsday rumours', that predict an apocalypse this Friday.
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A man waving a machete in his hand chases the tiny girl as he enters an elementary school in Guangshan county, Henan province
The man can be seen taking a swing at the girl
who crashes to the ground outside her school as a frightened child
cowers behind the school gates
Armed men and women chase the knifeman out
through the gates. Police later arrested 36-year-old Chinese man, Min
Yongjun, in relation to the attacks
END OF THE WORLD? WHAT MAYANS KNEW THAT NOBODY ELSE DID
Ancient Mayans claimed that on December 21 2012, a
5,125-year cycle known as the Long Count supposedly comes to a close.
Experts estimate the system, which is made up of 394-year periods called baktuns, starts counting at 3114 BC, and will have run through 13 baktuns, or 5,125 years, around December 21.
They say 13 was a significant number for the Maya, and the end of that cycle would be a milestone — but they have been keen to stress that it does not mark an end.
Conspiracy theorists nonetheless believe the Maya may have been privy to impending astronomical disasters that would coincide with 2012, ranging from explosive storms on the surface of the sun that could knock out power grids to a galactic alignment that could trigger a reversal in Earth's magnetic field.
Experts estimate the system, which is made up of 394-year periods called baktuns, starts counting at 3114 BC, and will have run through 13 baktuns, or 5,125 years, around December 21.
They say 13 was a significant number for the Maya, and the end of that cycle would be a milestone — but they have been keen to stress that it does not mark an end.
Conspiracy theorists nonetheless believe the Maya may have been privy to impending astronomical disasters that would coincide with 2012, ranging from explosive storms on the surface of the sun that could knock out power grids to a galactic alignment that could trigger a reversal in Earth's magnetic field.
'Initial police investigation found Min, a long-term epilepsy sufferer, had been strongly psychologically affected by rumours of the upcoming end of the world predicted by ancient prophecy,' Xinhua said.
Chinese police have already detained more than 500 people from a fringe Christian group for spreading rumours about the world's impending end, according to state media reports.
The detentions come ahead of Friday, December 21 - a date some say the Mayans prophesised would be the end of the world and which was the subject of the apocalyptic movie '2012.'.
Police seized leaflets, video discs, books and other apocalyptic materials as they arrested more than 500 people across eight provinces and regions, from the prosperous east coast to less developed western China, state media reports said.
Those detained are reported to be members of the group Almighty God, which is also called Eastern Lightning, after a phrase from the Bible's Book of Matthew.
Widely regarded as a heretical Christian sect, the group preaches that Jesus has reappeared as a woman in central China. It has been accused of targeting Christians, kidnapping and beating them to force conversions.
Moment schoolgirl is attacked with machete at the school gates
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