A knife attack has taken place at a supermarket in Shanghai, China, leaving three people dead and 15 injured.
A knife attack left three people dead and 15 injured at a Walmart supermarket inside the Ludu International Commercial Plaza shopping mall in Shanghai’s Songjiang district. Police arrested the suspect, identified as Lin, 37, immediately after the attack, which authorities said was sparked by a personal financial dispute.
The incident took place in one of China’s most populous cities, shocking shoppers with the intensity of the incident. All 18 injured were rushed to local hospitals, where three died. The remaining 15 victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries and are receiving medical treatment.
Surveillance footage released online shows the incident taking place at around 9:50 p.m. on September 30, with the man holding a knife in both hands and ripping open his shirt as he went on a rampage through the mall, causing panic among customers who ran for their lives.
A video circulating online shows a man dressed in red lying on the floor, his right hand covering a bleeding wound on his lower left abdomen. Nearby, a woman sits at the foot of an escalator and holds a young child with chest and neck injuries. Another video shows two adults lying on the floor, curled up, covering their stomach wounds with their hands.
However, the supermarket remains open today (Oct 1) but with increased security.
Guns are banned in China, but the country has been hit by a series of knife attacks in recent months. Last month, a 10-year-old Japanese student died a day after being stabbed near his school in southern China. In June this year, four U.S. university professors were stabbed in a park in the northeastern Chinese city of Jilin. In May, a man stabbed two people to death and injured 21 others at a hospital in the southern province of Yunnan.
Source: Dimsum Daily
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