Eight people were injured in a knife attack at a commercial building housing a Homeplus supermarket in Incheon, South Korea, on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, police said.
Reuters reported that one person suffered cardiac arrest and that officers arrested a male suspect. Police were investigating the motive and circumstances of the attack.
The attack occurred in the Namdong District, west of Seoul, at about 1.40pm local time, according to local reporting.
Shoppers Subdue Suspect
According to Yonhap News Agency, the suspect, believed to be in his 60s, attacked people while moving on an escalator between the basement levels and upper floors of the building. Witnesses and police accounts indicated that he had knives fastened to both hands.
s subdued the man before police took him into custody. The suspect’s motive had not been established in the initial reports.
Eight Taken to Hospital
KBS World reported that eight injured people were taken to hospital, including one person who had no vital signs when emergency services responded.
Yonhap reported that the person who suffered cardiac arrest was a woman in her twenties. An emergency medical centre was established on the first floor of the building in case further casualties were found.
The full extent of the other victims’ injuries was not immediately clear. Authorities had not publicly confirmed a motive for the attack.
The incident follows several high-profile knife attacks in South Korea in recent years. Police are continuing to investigate what happened in Incheon.
