Eight people were injured in a knife rampage at a subway station near Seoul on Saturday.

The victims were stabbed or cut by a man wielding a box-cutter, but none of the victims’ injuries are believed to be life-threatening, police said.

The incident happened at around 6:35 p.m. when a man began stabbing people on a running train heading to Seoul from Uijeongbu Station on the Gyeongwon Line.

The 39-year-old suspect surnamed Yoo also injured passers-by while running away from people who tried to stop him before he was caught by police.

Witnesses said the suspect began wielding the knife after he was confronted by one of the victims for spitting on a train. The police are currently questioning the suspect for a motive.

By Oh Kyu-wook (596story@heraldcorp.com)