Two women were fatally stabbed by a man at a university in the western Mexico city of Guadalajara on Wednesday.

The assailant, a man around 20 years old, barged into the campus of Centro Universitario UTEG carrying a knife and a hatchet, which he used to smash several windows, according to Luis Joaquin Mendez, prosecutor for Jalisco state.

He highlighted that there was no reason and no apparent motive, for the attack, and went on to add that the attacker's aggression was directed towards the first set of people he came across.

In addition to the attacks on the two women, a man was also harmed during the assault.

The police have apprehended the assailant and are currently probing his ties to another woman who was discovered dead in a hotel on the same day.

At least 852 cases of femicide were recorded in the violence-plagued country last year, as per official figures.