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Murder of knife rampage in Seonghwan, Cheonan, South Korea in 2022

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 On April 13, 2022, a knife rampage occurred at around 0:13 a.m. in Seonghwan-eup, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do. According to the police, Kim (54 years old at the time) allegedly killed two women in her 30s by wielding a weapon against two couples who had a quarrel on the sidewalk in front of a karaoke room in Seonghwan-eup, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan. The husbands of the victim couple were reportedly devastated while waiting for a chauffeur to return home after the dinner gathering. Two women in their 30s were taken to a hospital with cardiac arrest, but died, and two men were seriously injured and are being treated. Kim, a criminal with eight previous convictions, was arrested after being reported to the police while fleeing after the crime. Experts claimed that the perpetrator targeted the victims' neck, heart, and sides in the process of wielding a weapon, and that the depth of the wound suggests that it was a planned murder, not an accident. There was also testimony that the perpetra...

2022 Saskatchewan, Canada, serial knife rampage

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 On September 4, 2022, a series of knife rampages at James Smith's Creations in south-central Canada and the nearby town of Weldon resulted in the deaths of more than 10 indigenous people. Damien Sanderson, the older brother of the brothers identified as the suspect in the case, was found dead, and his younger brother Miles Sanderson died of self-harm during his arrest, bringing the total number of deaths to 12. The incident occurred on September 4th during the Labor Day holiday in Canada, causing national mourning. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has officially expressed his condolences and Parliament has opened early. The James Smith Creation, an area of about 2,000 people, is a Canadian Native Reservation. Administratively, it belongs to the 100th district of James Smith, Saskatchewan, with an area of 72 km2, similar to the area of Ulleungdo Island. Weldon is a small town 20 km southwest of James Smith CREATION, located about 30 minutes by car. It has about 200 inhabitant...