US EditionA Knife Attack Outside Suriname’s Capital Paramaribo Kills at Least 9 People, Police Say
At least nine people died, including five children and neighbors who intervened; the attacker is hospitalized after police subdued him, with an investigation ongoing.
- On Sunday, police said a knife attack outside Paramaribo killed at least nine people, including children, in Richelieu, Commewijne district about 25 kilometers east of the capital.
- Suriname, a former Dutch colony, has roughly 600,000 people and has traditionally recorded one of the region's lowest murder rates, InSight Crime reported.
- Police reported multiple injured being treated in Paramaribo hospitals, including a sixth child and another adult; the male suspect was wounded during his arrest and is recovering in hospital.
- Authorities said they have not released the suspect’s identity and an investigation continues, while Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, Surinamese President, posted on Facebook offering condolences to the bereaved.
- Victims were found at multiple homes, local media reported, while recent data indicate a sharp rise in violent crime with a 2024 murder rate spike of about 30 homicides per 100,000 residents.
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In South America, a man with a sharp object kills nine people, including his own children.
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As many as nine persons were killed in a violent knife attack in Suriname’s capital Paramaribo. The victims included five children, making the incident one of the deadliest attacks in the country in recent years. The attack happened in Richelieu, a village in the Commewijne district, about 25 kilometres east of Paramaribo. Police said the violence unfolded across several homes in the area. Local reports, cited by AP, suggest the incident began a…
A man, suffering from mental disorders, stabbed nine people to death, five of whom were children before being injured and arrested by the police during the night of Saturday to Sunday in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname, a small Dutch-speaking country in South America. "On the night of Saturday, 27 to Sunday, 28 December, a male man killed four adults and five children with a sharp object. A sixth child and an adult were seriously injured and…
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Knife attack near Suriname's capital kills at least nine people, police say
A knife attack outside Surinam’s capital of Paramaribo has left at least nine people dead, including five children.Officials in the South American country, which is located between Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean, said the victims included four of the attacker’s children and neighbours who came to their aid.A neighbour’s child was also killed. Local media reported the victims were located at multiple homes.READ MORE: Life-threatening floods warned…
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