A South Korean man set his apartment on fire Wednesday and fatally stabbed five of his neighbors,-- including a 12-year-old girl-- as they fled the building, authorities said. The unidentified 42-year-old suspect also injured 13 people, the BBC reported. The man set his apartment on fire in the southeastern city of Jinji around 4:30 a.m., police said. He then allegedly ambushed fleeing neighbors in the building stairway and stabbed them, the BBC reported. Officers confronted him in a hallway and fired blank and live ammunition before subduing him with a taser, the South Korea Times reported.

Source: Fox News April 17, 2019 08:03 UTC