South Korea: One Killed, Three Injured In Knife Attack Near Subway Station In Seoul

The suspect, a man in his 30s, was detained by the police and taken for questioning.

A man went on a stabbing spree near Sillim Subway Station in southwest Seoul. ( Image Source :Representational Image/Getty )

One person was killed and three injured during a stabbing incident near a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Reuters reported. A man went on a stabbing spree near exit 4 of the Sillim Subway Station in southwest Seoul.

Quoting Yonhap News Agency based in South Korea, the report said that the suspect, a man in his 30s, was detained by the police and taken for questioning to know the motive behind the crime.

"He did not look intoxicated. We are questioning him as to the motive of his crime," police said, Reuters reported. Among the injured, one person is in critical condition. 

As per AP News, Min Moon-ki, an official from Seoul’s Gwanak district police office, said the victim who died was male but didn’t share his personal details. 

Following the incident, emergency responders rushed towards the site carrying stretchers. The police cordoned off the area.

According to the report, the man shouted that "he didn’t want to live anymore" as he was being apprehended by the police. 

"When police came, he said something along the lines of he didn't want to live, that things weren't going as he wished," a witness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told South Korean broadcaster YTN, as per Reuters.

Eyewitnesses said the suspect stabbed a man who was talking on the phone in the back multiple times before fleeing and attacking more people.

The incident in Seoul quickly began circulating on social media.

“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,” one tweeted. 

Considered an extremely safe country, South Korea had a murder rate of 1.3 per 100,000 people in 2021, AFP quoted official statistics.