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EIGHT HURT IN STABBING RAMPAGE

South Korea - Incheon - police

SOURCE: Reuters

10/13/2026

10:02

EIGHT HURT IN STABBING RAMPAGE
Photo: Reuters

SEOUL, OCTOBER 13 /SRNA-Reuters/ - At least eight people were wounded in a knife attack at a supermarket in the city of Incheon in southern South Korea, while one person suffered a heart attack, police said.

Police arrested a suspect in connection with the attack and are investigating the motive and circumstances.

Witnesses told local media that the suspect had knives strapped to both hands and moved through several floors of the shopping center, attacking people before passers-by subdued him and handed him over to police.

According to media reports, the suspect is a man in his 60s who was wearing an electronic monitoring device on his leg.

Six women and two men were injured, while a woman in her 20s suffered a heart attack.