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South Korea stabbing: Eight injured in Incheon knife attack

By Hosu Lee||2 min read at BBC News

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Generated October 13, 2026

  • A 59-year-old man was arrested following a stabbing incident at a shopping centre in Incheon, South Korea, that left eight people injured. The suspect, who reportedly had a prior criminal conviction and was wearing an electronic monitoring device, was subdued by bystanders before being detained by police.

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A man has been arrested after several people in a shopping centre in Incheon, in a rare knife attack in South Korea.

Eight people were wounded in the incident on Tuesday afternoon, according to local news reports.

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