A 42-year-old man is facing charges of terrorism and assault with intent to murder after 11 shoppers were stabbed at a Walmart supermarket in the US state of Michigan.
The assailant used a folding knife to stab five men and six women, including a Walmart employee, on Saturday afternoon in Traverse City.
The victims, ranging in age from 21 to 84, are all expected to survive. The suspect, Bradford James Gille, is due to be arraigned on Monday or Tuesday.
Investigators said the stabbings were random and they are yet to reveal a motive, but they said a terrorism charge was justified because such a mass attack was believed to be intended to bring fear and destruction to the community as a whole.
Addressing reporters on Sunday, Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael Shea said the first officers arrived at the store two minutes after the first call came through.
