[5] During such period, some schools will act as foremen and send students to factories in need of workers, often working long hours for very little salary.

[11][12] At around 11:30 p.m. that night, the Yixing City Public Security Bureau reported that the assailant had been arrested on the spot and admitted to the crime.

He allegedly confessed "without hesitation" to committing the attack due to anger over not receiving his graduation certificate, poor exam results, and "dissatisfaction with internship compensation".

[1][15][16][17] An alleged suicide note of the perpetrator circulating on social media included the statement that he was owed wages by a factory he was working at and that the college had withheld his diploma, preventing him from graduating.

[23] The Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party led by Xin Changxing held a meeting and later issued a notice that police forces must pay high attention to the incident and that surveillance in crowded areas must be strengthened.