At least a dozen people were injured this Thursday, three seriously, in an indiscriminate attack with a knife in a city south of Seoul. The perpetrator of the events is a man who was arrested by the police while trying to flee the scene of the crime, where five pedestrians were run over by a vehicle believed to have been used by the same assailant.

The incident took place near a shopping center and next to the Seohyeon subway station, in the city of Seongnam, which is part of the capital's metropolitan area, shortly before 6:00 p.m. local time (9:00 GMT) on Thursday. The emergency services received a call alerting about a man who was attacking passers-by with a knife, according to the local Yonhap news agency.

The authorities reported that three of the injured have been taken to the hospital emergency room and the extent of the injuries to the other victims is unknown at this time.

The event took place after a similar incident occurred on July 21 in the southeast of the capital, when a man began stabbing pedestrians in the middle of the street, leaving one dead and three injured.