Man Stabs Eight People in South Korean Shopping Mall
A suspect, armed with knives attached to both hands, attacked shoppers before being subdued by bystanders.
A man stabbed at least eight people Tuesday at a shopping mall in the South Korean city of Incheon, officials said.
Police detained a 59-year-old suspect who attacked shoppers as he moved through the mall before bystanders subdued him. It was not immediately clear why he carried out the attacks.
One woman in her 20s was taken to a nearby hospital in cardiac arrest and underwent surgery. Details on the severity of the other injuries were not immediately available.
Witnesses told South Korea's Yonhap news agency that the suspect appeared to have knives strapped to both hands. The witness said the man began stabbing people at a discount store on the mall’s basement level and continued attacking others as he moved up an escalator before being subdued by several people.