At least 13 people in South Korea were injured when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people.
Police officers cordon off the scene near a subway station in Seongnam, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. A dozen of people were injured in South Korea on Thursday when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people near a subway station in the city of Seongnam.
At least five people were hurt by the car and nine others were stabbed during Thursday’s attack in Seongnam that occurred in a crowded leisure district near a subway, according to Yoon Sung-hyun, an official from the southern Gyeonggi provincial police department. While the suspect had purchased the two knives he used in the stabbings from a different shopping mall on Wednesday, there isn’t clear evidence he planned the attacks in advance, Park said. The attack was South Korea's second mass stabbing attack in a month, Last month, a knife-wielding man stabbed at least four pedestrians on a street in the capital, Seoul, killing one person.
Photos from the scene showed forensic units examining the halls of the AK Plaza, where the stabbings took place. A white Kia hatchback with a broken front window and ruptured front tire could be seen on a sidewalk near the subway station.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
South Korean police pursue suspect in 2nd stabbing attack in 2 daysBREAKING: South Korean police are chasing a suspect in a stabbing attack at a high school in the central city of Daejeon, the second such attack in the country in two days. A police official said the attack left at least one teacher hurt.
Read more »
'I lost hope in farming': Extreme weather devastates South Korean watermelon farmerKwon Gye-soon has been farming for more than a quarter of a century but she is not hopeful she can get back on her feet this time after climate change-driven flooding in July devastated her watermelon farm and her damaged crop now rots in extreme heat.
Read more »
South Korean experts seek to verify room-temperature superconductor claimSouth Korean experts said on Thursday they would set up a committee to verify claims that a room temperature superconductor has been discovered, which has driven investor frenzy as well as peer skepticism since.
Read more »
South Korean defense stocks power ahead as overseas interest grows for weapon systemsSouth Korea has benefited from increased global military expenditure, according to Morgan Stanley, citing Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Read more »
South Korea raises heat alert to highest amid sweltering weatherSouth Korea raised the hot weather warning to its highest, the first time in four years, as parts of the country roasted in temperatures over 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 F), the interior and safety ministry said on Wednesday.
Read more »
As extreme heat hits South Korea and Japan, death toll rises sharplyThe extreme weather sweeping across Asia has claimed more victims, with South Korea and Japan reporting deaths from the sweltering heat and authorities in both countries issuing alerts this week.
Read more »