Police spokesman Jules Abraham Abast says the children are in stable condition at a hospital. They suffered neck, chest and head wounds in the attack Tuesday morning in East Nusa Tenggara province.
The man was captured by soldiers after panicked students fled to a military post near the school.
TV footage showed dozens of angry residents gathered outside the local police station where the assailant is being held and demanding he face mob justice.
Police say man stabs, wounds 7 children at Indonesian school
13 December 2016
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Police say seven children have been stabbed and wounded by a knife-wielding man at an elementary school in central Indonesia.
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