Eight people hurt in supermarket stabbing in South Korea's Incheon, police say

Firefighters and policemen gather outside the scene where several people were injured in a stabbing incident, in Incheon, South Korea, October 13, 2026.   Yonhap via REUTERS   T

Firefighters and policemen gather outside the scene where several people were injured in a stabbing incident, in Incheon, South Korea, October 13, 2026. Yonhap via REUTERS T (REUTERS)


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SEOUL, Oct 13 — 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.

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.

(Reporting by Kyu-seok ShimEditing by Ed ​Davies)

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