The Chinese Ministry of Education and Ministry of Public Security held an urgent teleconference and ordered all schools nationwide to enhance safety measures on September 4, two days after eight pupils died in an attack at a school in Enshi, Hubei Province. An ex-convict, 40, who spent more than eight years in prison for attempted murder, has been detained after eight students were killed and two injured at the school. China's Ministry of Education (MOE) in a statement called for all schools to assemble safety equipment on campus and strengthen management of security guards.