2024 Shanghai supermarket stabbings

2024 mass stabbing in China

2024 Shanghai supermarket stabbings
The perpetrator roaming the supermarket with knives during the attack
750m 780yds Attack site
Location	Songjiang, Shanghai, China
Coordinates	31°00′16″N 121°14′05″E / 31.0045°N 121.2346°E / 31.0045; 121.2346
Date	30 September 2024
Attack type	Mass stabbing
Weapon	Knives
Deaths	3
Injured	15
Motive	Under investigation, possibly to vent anger over personal financial issues
Accused	Lin

On 30 September 2024, a mass stabbing incident occurred at a supermarket, resulting in the deaths of three people and 15 others injured. A 37-year-old male suspect was arrested at the scene.

Incident

On 30 September 2024, the eve of China's National Day, a mass stabbing incident occurred at a Walmart supermarket in the Songjiang District of Shanghai. A total of 18 victims were rushed to the hospital, although three of them died due to knife injuries while the other 15, who all sustained non-life-threatening injuries, were undergoing treatment.

According to local police, the suspect, a 37-year-old man surnamed Lin, was detained by the authorities at the scene. The suspect had allegedly harboured feelings of anger that arose from a "personal economic dispute", which prompted the suspect to commit the crime.

References

"Man kills 3 in Shanghai supermarket stabbing". CNA. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
"Three killed, 15 injured in Shanghai supermarket stabbing attack". Al Jazeera. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
Sharma, Shweta (1 October 2024). "Shanghai Walmart stabbing: Three killed and 15 hurt by man on knife rampage in Chinese supermarket". The Independent. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
"Knife attack in Shanghai supermarket kills 3, injures 15 others". Associated Press. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
Guo, Peter (1 October 2024). "Stabbing in Shanghai kills 3 and injures 15 others, police say". NBC News. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
"Shanghai knife attack kills three, wounds 15 on eve of China's National Day". The Straits Times. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
Ng, Kelly (1 October 2024). "Three dead and 15 hurt in Shanghai Walmart stabbing". BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

v t e Mass stabbing incidents in the 2020s
2020	Streatham, London, UK (2 Feb) Romans-sur-Isère, France (4 Apr) Knoxville, Tennessee, US (7 Apr) Reading, UK (20 Jun) Glasgow, UK (26 Jun) Manchester, UK (26 Jul) Paris, France (25 Sep) Nice, France (29 Oct) Quebec City, Canada (31 Oct) Kaiyuan, China (27 Dec)
2021	Vetlanda, Sweden (3 Mar) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (27 Mar) Saudades, Brazil (4 May) Dunedin, New Zealand (10 May) Anqing, China (5 Jun) Würzburg, Germany (25 Jun) Tokyo, Japan (6 Aug) Auckland, New Zealand (3 Sep) Killamarsh, Sheffield, UK (19 Sep) Kongsberg, Norway (13 Oct)
2022	Beersheba, Israel (22 Mar) Mashhad, Iran (5 Apr) Bermondsey, London, UK (25 Apr) Saskatchewan, Canada (4 Sep) Las Vegas, Nevada, US (6 Oct) Brussels, Belgium (10 Nov) Ariel, West Bank (11 Nov) Moscow, Idaho, US (13 Nov)
2023	Algeciras, Spain (25 Jan) Brokstedt, Germany (25 Jan) Lisbon, Portugal (28 Mar) Blumenau, Brazil (5 Apr) Bodmin, UK (30 Apr) Annecy, France (8 Jun) Nottingham, UK (13 Jun) Jerez de la Frontera, Spain (23 Sep) Arras, France (13 Oct) Los Angeles, California, US (1 Nov) Crépol, France (19 Nov) Dublin, Ireland (23 Nov)
2024	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (6 Mar) Rockford, Illinois, US (27 Mar) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (13 Apr) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (15 Apr) Hainault, London, UK (30 Apr) Mannheim, Germany (31 May) Southport, UK (29 July) Holon, Israel (4 Aug) Solingen, Germany (23 Aug) Shanghai, China (30 Sep) Yixing, China (16 Nov) Zagreb, Croatia (20 Dec)
See also	List of school attacks in China
2010s

v t e Non-political mass violence in China
Arson	near Dalian, Liaoning (2002) Shiguan Village, Henan (2006) Chengdu, Sichuan (2009) Xiamen, Fujian (2013)
Bombings	Qitaihe, Heilongjiang (1979) Yangquan, Shanxi (1981) Shajian Village, Shanxi (2000) Fanglin Village, Jiangxi (2001) Shijiazhuang, Hebei (2001) Mafang Village, Shaanxi (2001) Changsha, Hunan (2010) Fuzhou, Jiangxi (2011) Feng County, Jiangsu (2017) Guangzhou, Guangdong (2021)
Shootings	Handan, Hebei (1980) Chongqing (1993) Beijing (1994) Yongzhou, Hunan (2010) Shanghai (2013) Ju County, Shandong (2024)
Stabbings	Huludao, Liaoning (2003) Jilin (2006) Shanghai (2008) Nanping, Fujian (2010) Chenpeng Village, Henan (2012) Mizhi County, Shaanxi (2018) Shanghai (2018) Kaiyuan, Liaoning (2020) Anqing, Anhui (2021) Shanghai (2024) Yixing, Jiangsu (2024)
Vehicular	Yuanshi County, Hebei (2010) Mishui, Hunan (2018) Zaoyang, Hubei (2019) Anshun, Guizhou (2020) Guangzhou, Guangdong (2023) Zhuhai, Guangdong (2024)
Other	Guangzhou, Guangdong (1990, deliberate crash of aircraft)

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