A 59-year-old man has been arrested after eight people were wounded in a knife attack at a Homeplus supermarket in Incheon, South Korea, on Tuesday afternoon.
According to Incheon Namdong Police Station, the attack began at about 13:40 local time. The suspect allegedly had knives strapped to both hands while riding an escalator. Bystanders blocked his path with chairs, and police later detained him.
The victims, six women and two men, were taken to hospital. Local reports said one suffered cardiac arrest, while the others had injuries to the back and shoulders. Police said ten knives were found in the suspect’s backpack.
Local reports said the man was wearing an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet and had earlier been convicted of attempted murder. Police are investigating his motive.
Knife attacks of this kind are rare in South Korea, which recorded about 0.5 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024, according to Statistics Korea.
