BEIJING: (November 20, 2014) - Six nurses and a co-worker at a Chinese hospital were knifed to death by another member of staff at a female employees' dormitory on Thursday, state media said.

The man who carried out the attack in the resort town of Beidaihe in the northern province of Hebei told police he had "a history of mental illness", state news agency Xinhua said.

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