Three dead after knife attack in supermarket

Shanghai (China) - Three people have been killed in a knife attack in the eastern Chinese metropolis of Shanghai. The motive for the attack is already suspected.

The 37-year-old suspect injured 15 other people in the attack in a supermarket in the Songjiang district, according to the police in Shanghai.

Officers arrested the man at the scene.

According to official reports, 18 people were initially taken to hospital injured. Three of them later died.

According to initial findings, the suspected perpetrator may have come to Shanghai to vent his anger because of money problems.

The police are still investigating the case.

Knife attacks happen again and again in China.

In mid-September, the killing of a Japanese boy who was attacked by a man on his way to school in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen caused a stir and anger in the already tense Sino-Japanese relationship.

The foreign ministries of both countries intervened in the case, partly because there were allegations of a hate crime. China rejected the accusations and spoke of an isolated case.