Man kills 4 cops in stabbing spree

By Staff Reporters  |   2008-7-1  |     ONLINE EDITION

A doctor in Shanghai's Changzheng Hospital rescue a police officer who got seriously injured after a man stormed into Zhabei District public Security Bureau office this morning and stabbed 10 people. Nine of the victims are policemen while the other was a security guard. Two police officers were already declared dead. More in photo gallery

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FOUR police officers have been confirmed dead in hospital after a man stormed into a district public security bureau office this morning and stabbed 10 people.

The suspect reportedly broke into Zhabei District Public Security Bureau at 578 Tianmu Road M. with a knife about 9am and stabbed nine police officers and one security guard, according to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau.

Victims were sent to five hospitals.

The suspect was apprehended at the scene, but it remained unclear who he was and why he attacked the officers.

TV news reported that several officers received severe injuries. A witness said the wounded officers were covered in blood when taken to hospital.

``Some of them had stabs in the chest. Blood was all over some of their faces,'' the man surnamed Yi told the TV station.

Police lines were set up around the building after the attack.

Zhai Jian, a well-known criminal lawyer, told Shanghai Daily that this should be dealt with as a murder case and the suspect may face the death penalty.