Beijing, June 4 (IANS) Thirty-seven children and two faculty members were injured in a knife attack at a kindergarten in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Thursday, police said.

A security worker carried out the attack at the kindergarten affiliated to the central school of Wangfu Township in Cangwu County, Xinhua news agency reports.

All the injured have been sent to hospital, where two were said to be in critical condition.

An investigation into the incident is underway.

--IANS ksk/