BEIJING – One person was killed and twelve others injured in a knife attack at a shopping mall in downtown Beijing on Sunday.
The attack happened around 1 pm at Joy City in the commercial area of Xidan, Xicheng District, the state-run Xinhua quoted the police as saying.
An injured woman died at the hospital. None of the other injured – three male and nine female – were in critical condition.
Police have caught the suspect and identified him as a 35-year-old man surnamed Zhu.
The suspect has claimed responsibility for the attack and said he was motivated by personal grievances, according to the police.
