Police said the suspect ‘attempted to take his own life’ at the Seoul eatery but was stopped
A man stabbed three people to death in Seoul on Wednesday at a pizza restaurant, police said, a rare attack in the normally safe South Korean capital.
The attack in Seoul’s Gwanak district was carried out by the restaurant’s owner, who became embroiled in a dispute with contractors before stabbing three people and then attempting to harm himself, police said.
Police said in a statement they had responded at around 11am (local time) to a call that said: “Help me, I’ve been stabbed.”
The victims – two men and one woman – were taken to hospital but pronounced dead.
