- A 27-year-old man has been detained after the attack in Stalowa Wola, Poland
- A 50-year-old woman died in the attack at the Vivo shopping mall, police said
- Seven people were injured after the man went on a rampage at a shopping mall
- Six of the seven people injured in the attack have serious wounds, police said
One woman is dead and seven others are in hospital in south-eastern Poland after a man attacked them with a knife at a shopping mall, police said.
A 27-year-old man has been detained after the attack in the city of Stalowa Wola.
The man, who is a resident of Stalowa Wola and is believed to be named Konrad, reportedly entered the Vivo shopping center at around 3pm local time and started stabbing people in the back.
Police officer Anna Klee was quoted by the PAP news agency as saying the weapon was a knife and a 50-year-old woman died in the hospital.
‘He was attacking people from behind, hitting them with the knife,’ Klee told PAP.
Witnesses described him as a ‘madman’ who was ‘stabbing blindly’ at other shoppers in the mall.
The man was eventually subdued by a security guard and other customers of the shopping center, who held him until police arrived.
Eight people, including the woman who died, were taken to hospitals in Stalowa Wola, Tarnobrzeg and Sandomierz.
Six of the seven people injured in the attack have serious wounds, police said.
Police say the attacker stabbed his own back in the attack, by acting ‘irrationally’.
A breathalyzer test revealed that the man was not under the influence of alcohol when the attack occurred.
Police took samples of his blood to test for other substances.