8 injured in stabbing at Incheon Homeplus, suspect arrested

One of the injured was reportedly in cardiac arrest

A man in his 60s was arrested after a knife attack at a Homeplus hypermarket in Incheon on Tuesday that injured eight people, one of whom was reportedly in cardiac arrest, authorities said.

Fire officials received an emergency call about the attack at 1:49 p.m. at the store’s Guwol branch in Namdong-gu, western Incheon.

Police arrested the man and are investigating his motive and the circumstances of the attack.