On Thursday, a man rammed his car into pedestrians before going on a stabbing rampage outside a metro station in Seongnam City, just south of Seoul.
According to a Facebook post by Gyeonggi Province government member Lee Ki-in, nine people were stabbed at the scene, and five more were injured after the suspect crashed a car into the pedestrian walkway before the knife attack.
According to Gyeonggi-do Fire Services, 12 14 victims are critically hurt, while two have minor injuries.
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According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency, the suspect was apprehended 10 minutes after submitting incident reports.
One person was killed a few days ago, and several others were injured in another stabbing attack in Seoul. Such instances, however, are uncommon in South Korea, where violent crime is low.
