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Man Kills 3, Wounds 15 In Shanghai Supermarket Stabbing

Violent knife crime is not uncommon in China, where firearms are strictly controlled, with a number of similar attacks at schools in recent years.


TOPSHOT – This photo taken on February 26, 2024 shows a Chinese flag at a tourist viewpoint, with the North Korean city of Namyang in the background, next to the Tumen river in the city of Tumen in China’s northeast Jilin province. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)

 

A man killed three people and wounded 15 in a knife attack at a supermarket in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai, police said Tuesday.

The suspected attacker, a 37-year-old man surnamed Lin, was arrested at the supermarket shortly after the incident on Monday night, local police said in a statement.

Police said the man went on the rampage in anger caused by a “personal financial dispute”.

Eighteen wounded people were taken to hospital for treatment, where three died, they added.

The other 15 did not sustain life-threatening wounds.

Violent knife crime is not uncommon in China, where firearms are strictly controlled, with a number of similar attacks at schools in recent years.

A Japanese schoolboy in September was stabbed in the southern city of Shenzhen and died of his injuries, prompting outrage from Tokyo.

In May, a man killed eight people and wounded one more with a knife in the city of Xiaogan in central Hubei province.

 

AFP