Incheon Supermarket Stabbing Injures Eight, Suspect Arrested

On October 13, 2026, a man stabbed eight people at a Homeplus store in a shopping centre in Incheon's Guwol-dong, Namdong District. The attack started about 1:40 p.m. on the second basement level. One victim, a woman in her 20s, was rushed to hospital in cardiac arrest and underwent surgery, Incheon's fire department said via AP and PerthNow. The other seven were taken to hospitals. Fire authorities set up a field medical station on the first floor due to the casualty count. A witness quoted by Yonhap said the suspect appeared to have knives strapped to both hands. He kept attacking while riding an escalator up to the second floor before bystanders subdued him. Incheon's Namdong District Police Station detained him. AP and PerthNow identify the suspect as 59 years old; Seoul Economic Daily describes him as a man in his 60s. Police were investigating his motive and how he obtained the knives. Why he carried out the attacks was not immediately clear.