At least eight dead and 22 injured after knifeman hijacks and crashes bus in southeast China

Eight people have been killed and 22 injured after a knife-wielding man hijacked a bus and it crashed into a crowd in southeast China, state broadcaster CCTV says.

The hijacker drove the bus into pedestrians for 300 to 400 metres in the city of Longyan, in Fujian province, the official Xinhua news agency reports.

It was not immediately clear how many casualties were on the bus and how many were in the crowd.

Police identified the suspect as a 48-year-old man from Longyan, according to CCTV. He was apprehended following the incident.

CCTV said the man may have been motivated by a disagreement with a local neighbourhood committee.