Five stabbed at Nanjing Road store

Five people were injured yesterday evening when a man turned violent and started stabbing customers in a food store at Nanjing Road's Pedestrian Mall. The man has been identified as a local of Anhui province, surnamed Zhang. According to the Shanghai Daily, Zhang has a history of mental illness. Fortunately, none of the five who were stabbed received life threatening injuries. When the incident happened, Zhang had brought out his kitchen knife and tried to use it to open a package of food he had bought. He turned violent when the store's security guards tried to stop him. Pictures and report (in Chinese)