President Lee Jae-myung visited the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency on the 13th to receive a briefing on the circumstances and the investigation into a stabbing attack at a large retail complex in the city earlier that day.
Sung Ki-hong, senior presidential secretary for public communication, said in a notice to the press that the president visited the agency in the afternoon and was briefed on the case.
Earlier that afternoon, a man wielding a knife attacked shoppers at a commercial facility housing a large discount store in Guwol-dong, Namdong District, Incheon, injuring nine people.
One of the victims, a woman in her 20s, is under observation after undergoing emergency surgery, while the other eight are not in life-threatening condition.
Police arrested the suspect at the scene and are investigating the exact motive and circumstances of the attack.