Sichuan Nanchong man holding a watermelon knife randomly cut people

Man holding a watermelon knife slashes people in Nanchong, Sichuan (Photo source: video screenshot)

On March 2, a man holding a watermelon knife randomly hacked people on the street near Wuxing Garden in Shunqing District, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, and officials reported that five people were injured. Netizens disclosed that the man with the knife was a drug addict. The man was later subdued by police.

According to local media reports, a knife-wielding incident occurred at about 3:55 p.m. on March 2 at Five Star Garden in Nanchong City, Sichuan. 21-year-old suspect was arrested by police. At present, one injured person went Home by himself after hospital treatment, four injured persons were injured to different degrees on their backs, shoulders, arms and knees, etc., and were preliminarily identified by forensic doctors as minor injuries.

According to the netizen disclosure, the man with the knife hacking is a drug addict. There are more than a dozen people who were cut.

Surveillance video recorded the process of the man hacking: a man in a black trench coat on the street, with his hands in his arms. When the street is less pedestrian, gradually approaching a young man and woman standing in the street. The man suddenly pulled out a long watermelon knife from his arms and slashed at the woman. But it seems that the knife-wielding man did not hit hard, just waving a long knife to scare people. The pair of young people quickly ran away.

The man who committed the murder was later subdued by a number of police officers. There were many people around the scene.