Eight people hurt in supermarket stabbing in South Korea's Incheon, police say
- Incheon, west of Seoul, is home to South Korea’s main airport and forms part of the wider Seoul metropolitan area
Eight people were wounded, one suffering cardiac arrest, in a stabbing incident at a supermarket in Incheon, South Korea, with a suspect arrested and motive under investigation.
- Details of the Incheon supermarket stabbing.
- Suspect's arrest and motive investigation.
- South Korea's recent history of stabbing rampages.
SEOUL: Eight people were wounded in a stabbing incident at a supermarket in the South Korean city of Incheon on Tuesday, with one person suffering cardiac arrest, police said.
Officers responding to the scene arrested a male suspect and were investigating the motive and circumstances of the attack, a police spokesperson said by telephone.
Incheon, west of Seoul, is home to South Korea’s main airport and forms part of the wider Seoul metropolitan area.
South Korea was shaken by a series of stabbing rampages in 2023, including attacks that left multiple people dead and injured.
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More recently in May, a 17-year-old girl was fatally stabbed and another teenager hurt in the southwestern city of Gwangju by a man in his 20s, who was later sentenced by a court to life in prison.
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