Three die, 15 hurt in Shanghai stabbing rampage

Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a knife attack at a suburban supermarket in Shanghai on the eve of the National Day holiday, the latest in a series of stabbing incidents in major cities this year.

The assailant, a 37-year-old man Lin, has been detained, Songjiang district police said yesterday.

Lin had traveled to Shanghai to vent his anger following a financial dispute.

Stabbings have risen over the years in China, with authorities often blaming mental illness and children a common target.

In September, a 10-year-old Japanese student was fatally stabbed by an attacker meters from his school in Shenzhen.

That incident along with a June knife attack on two Japanese nationals in Suzhou have stoked security concerns among members of the Japanese community.

REUTERS