Man in 60s arrested after stabbing eight people in Incheon supermarket

Stabbing Attack in Incheon Supermarket

One person went into cardiac arrest and seven others were injured after a man went on a stabbing spree in a supermarket building in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Tuesday. [1] The suspect, believed to be in his 60s, attacked people with knives fastened to both his hands at 1:40 p.m. while moving on an escalator between the second basement floor, where a Homeplus supermarket is located, and the second floor above ground, according to Namdong Police Station. [1] Eight people were wounded in a stabbing incident at a supermarket in the South Korean city of Incheon on Tuesday, with one person suffering cardiac arrest. [4] The attack occurred inside a commercial building that houses the supermarket on its second basement floor. [1] All eight victims were transported to hospitals after the incident. [1] An emergency medical center was established on the building's first floor. [1]

Immediate Response and Arrest

The man was subdued by shoppers and later apprehended by police officers, who were questioning him in custody. [1] Officers responding to the scene arrested a male suspect and were investigating the motive and circumstances of the attack. [4] Rescue workers and police officers were seen at the commercial building in Incheon after the stabbing spree. [1] All eight victims were taken to hospitals following the incident. [1] An emergency medical center has been set up on the building's first floor in case of additional casualties. [1] Police officers and firefighters arrived at the scene after the stabbing incident at the supermarket in Incheon. [4] The suspect had knives fastened to both hands during the attack on the escalator. [1]

Context of Stabbing Incidents in South Korea

South Korea is generally considered a safe country, with a homicide rate of 1.3 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to official statistics, well below the global average of about six per 100,000. [4] The country has, however, seen a number of stabbing attacks in recent years. [4] In May 2025, a man stabbed three police officers, while three people were stabbed to death at a Seoul pizza restaurant that September. [4] More recently in May, a 17-year-old girl was fatally stabbed and another teenager hurt in the southwestern city of Gwangju by a man in his 20s, who was later sentenced by a court to life in prison. [4] Police are investigating the motive for the Incheon attack. [4]

Other Global Crime Developments

Former Lithuanian kickboxing champion Vincas Jašmontas was shot dead in Vilnius last Friday, and a former police officer has been named as a suspect in the killing. [2] A former department head of Hong Kong’s fintech hub Cyberport has been granted bail after being charged with accepting bribes to help an artificial intelligence start-up secure HK$20 million in funding from a government-subsidised programme. [3] Alice So Nga-lai, 59, former head of entrepreneurship of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company, was accused of receiving advantages such as flight tickets, one handbag, two tote bags, one coin purse and a mobile phone between October 2023 and December 2025. [3] On Monday, she appeared at Eastern Court to face a count of a public servant accepting advantages. [3] The charge was filed by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. [3] Anti-drug activist Parwinder Singh Jhota was shot dead in Punjab’s Mansa on Tuesday morning while confronting a medical store owner over the alleged sale of prohibited substances. [5] Jhota sustained a bullet injury and tried to flee but collapsed a short distance away. [5] He was taken to Mansa Civil Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. [5] The accused has been identified as Ashwani Kumar, the owner of the medical store, who fled after the shooting. [5] Police had identified the shopkeeper and were working to arrest him. [5] The incident was captured on camera. [5]

What to watch next: Police continue to question the suspect in custody while investigating the motive for the Incheon attack, and authorities in Lithuania, Hong Kong and India are pursuing their respective cases involving the identified suspects.