A man today charged into a classroom in a Chinese primary school and attacked five students with a box cutter.

The injured students sustained wounds on their neck close to the throat, reported Chinese media.

The attacker, surnamed Chen, was captured by security guards using anti-riot forks before the police arrived.

None of the students suffered serious wounds, reports said.

A knife-wielding man attacked students in a primary school this morning (left). Five primary five students have been taken to hospital to treat their neck wounds (right)

Mobile phone footage shows the man being pinned down onto the floor and locked by two anti-riot forks in Dongjiao Town Centre Primary School, Wenchang, Hainan Province.

According to The Paper, the incident happened during morning reading time at around 7:30am on November 30.

Onlookers, including parents around the school, witnessed the attack breaking into the school.

The injured students were said to be from the fifth grade.

The attacker, surnamed Chen, is caught by school security guards using anti-riot forks (left). Police are investigating the attacker's motives (right) while injured pupils are being treated

Onlookers and parents gathered near the school as the attack happened in early hours

Propaganda department at Wenchang government told the reporter that the man went into the school and charged into a classroom before any staff member managed to stop him.

'A few of them were wounded at the throat but I'm not sure of the others,' he added.

One of the five injured students had already been discharged from the hospital, whilst the other did not sustain any major injuries.

School guards and teachers stopped the man and caught him with anti-riot fork and reported to the police.

Dongjiao Town Centre Primary School had assigned teachers to give out psychological counselling to the students.

Local police are still investigating into the man's attack motives but it's confirmed that the man is a local resident in Wenchang.