A knife attack unfolded at Zhenxiong People’s Hospital in Zhaotong city, Yunnan province, China, resulting in at least 2 fatalities and 23 injuries. The assailant was apprehended, and police secured the hospital and its vicinity. This incident echoes a similar tragic event in July 2023, where a knife attack at a kindergarten in Guangdong province claimed the lives of 6 individuals, including 3 children, with one person injured.