Principal killed at Hunan primary school   

湖南一男子校园行凶 校长勇斗歹徒以身殉职

1月15日，一名不明身份的男子翻墙闯入湖南新化县上梅镇北渡小学行凶，该校校长杨建一为保护学生安全，与歹徒殊死博斗，不幸以身殉职。

Changsha (CNS) -- The principal of a primary school in Hunan Province was killed yesterday while attempting to save a student from a knife-wielding attacker.

The assailant broke into the Beidu Primary School, located in Hunan's Xinhua County, at around 2 p.m., according to the county publicity department.

Third-grade students were at a PE lesson on the playground when the man clambered over the wall and attacked the child. Upon hearing the commotion, Yang Jianyi, the school's principal, tried to apprehend the man but was fatally stabbed.

The wounded student has been sent to a local hospital.

Local police say they are pursuing the killer and that the case is being investigated.