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Man kills 3, wounds 15 in Shanghai supermarket stabbing

Police said the man went on the rampage in anger caused by a 'personal financial dispute



The suspected attacker was arrested at the supermarket shortly after the incident.
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Shanghai: A man killed three people and wounded 15 in a knife attack at a supermarket in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai, police said Tuesday.

The suspected attacker, a 37-year-old man surnamed Lin, was arrested at the supermarket shortly after the incident on Monday night, local police said in a statement.

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Police said the man went on the rampage in anger caused by a "personal financial dispute".

Eighteen wounded people were taken to hospital for treatment, where three died, they added.

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The other 15 did not sustain life-threatening wounds.

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