'Stabbing rampage' in South Korea kills one, injures three
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A man in Seoul screams "I don't want to live" after stabbing 4 people.
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Police officers investigate the scene of a stabbing rampage on a street in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 21, 2023. (AP)
A man went on a "stabbing rampage" near a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, killing one person and wounding three others, authorities told AFP.
The assailant launched his attack near the Sillim Subway Station in southwest Seoul and was later detained by police officers at the scene.
"The suspect is a man in his 30s and he did not look intoxicated. We are questioning him as to the motive of his crime," police explained
Furthermore, the attack happened at the 4th Exit of the subway station at 2:07 PM (local time), the Yonhap News Agency reported.
Footage posted on local television station YTN's YouTube channel shows emergency workers running toward the scene carrying stretchers to treat the wounded victims.
"The man shouted he didn't want to live anymore as he was being apprehended by the police," YTN reported.
"Don't come to Sillim now. There is a crazy man on a stabbing rampage. I called the police after seeing a person injured on the ground," a South Korean user tweeted after the incident.
Stabbings are rare incidents in South Korea as the country had a murder rate of 1.3 per 100,000 in 2021, according to AFP.
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