A man killed three people and injured 15 others in a knife attack at a supermarket in Shanghai, China, authorities confirmed on Tuesday.
According to a statement from local police, the alleged assailant, a 37-year-old male called Lin, was apprehended at the supermarket immediately after the attack on Monday night.
According to police, the man went on a rampage due to a “personal financial dispute.”
Eighteen injured people were transported to a hospital for treatment, three of whom died, they said.
The remaining 15 did not receive life-threatening injuries.
Violent knife violence is not unusual in China, where firearms are severely prohibited, and there have been other similar attacks on schools in recent years.
In September, a Japanese youngster was stabbed in the southern city of Shenzhen and died as a result of his injuries, causing uproar in Tokyo.
In May, a guy used a knife to kill eight people and injure one more in Xiaogan, central Hubei province.
