Fourteen hurt in first of two stabbing attacks in successive days

Police officers cordon off the scene near a subway station in Seongnam, South Korea (Ahn Young-joon, PA)

At least 14 people been injured after a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk in the South Korean city of Seongnam, stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people at a shopping mall.

Thursday’s attack was followed by another stabbing incident on Friday at a high school in Daejeon, hours after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol alled for “ultra-strong” law enforcement measures in response to the pervious attack.