Knife-Wielding Attacker Injures Five People at Shanghai Hospital

As many as five people, including children and medical staff, were injured by a knife-wielding attacker at a renowned Shanghai hospital on Saturday before the man was subdued by armed police, according to local police and witnesses.

Huangpu district police said in a statement (link in Chinese) that they received a call about the attack at around 11:30 a.m. and headed to the scene in Ruijin Hospital’s outpatient department.