A 37-year-old man with the last name Lin was taken into custody by Chinese police at the scene, they claimed, adding that he had traveled to Shanghai in order to “vent his anger due to a personal economic dispute”. Investigations are still ongoing.
The incident happened at a mall in Songjiang, a heavily populated area in the southwest of the city that is also the location of multiple universities.
The three fatalities, according to the police, passed away from their wounds in the hospital. It is thought that the other people “did not sustain life-threatening wounds” and are not in danger.
“There was blood everywhere,” a witness going by Shi told News.
According to Mr. Shi, who owns a jewelry store on the ground floor of the Ludu International Commercial Plaza, numerous firefighters and SWAT officers invaded the shopping center and ordered patrons to leave.
Nobody had ever gone through anything similar, so we weren’t psychologically ready for it. It’s frightening and unnerving to experience this kind of spontaneous tragedy,” he added, adding that he had “narrowly avoided” death.
It seems that Chinese social media has now banned discussions over the incident.
Tuesday saw the supermarket open for business, albeit with more security.
