I also find it pitiful when people who go on killing sprees fail so terribly. Taking this case into account:
The man only had a knife.
You can do far more killing or damage with other weapons. Flame throwers, guns, explosives, biochemical warfare, etc. A knife would probably be the least killing efficient weapon.
He only killed three people.
If he is going to do something that will likely put in him jail for a while, why not try a few more. It is clear that the amount of people killed is lacking because of the choice of weapon. But given the population that he chose[nursery/children's hospital] to strike upon, he should have killed way more.
He only wounded 10 children.
If these are indeed children and not small infants, then I can see why he only injured them. Children can be smart and agile, thus enabling them to run away quickly. But it said he killed two babies and a nursery worker. This must mean he spent some time in a nursery. Babies in a nursery seem to be the easiest target, aside from perhaps people sleeping.
He should have just targeted the nursery, that way the news stories about him wouldn't be lame ["man kills one adult, two babies, and leaves the rest wounded and alive"]. They would say something like "Sociopath seizes nursery and brutally stabs all babies, leaving no future generation for small town."
Failure.
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