Store Worker Stabs Customers

Wielding a knife in each hand, a supermarket worker stabbed 10 people in his path Friday as he walked silently through the store’s crowded aisles, police and witnesses said.

Four people were seriously injured, and doctors said their heavy winter clothing probably saved their lives. Two were soon released from a hospital in this central England city; the rest were in stable condition.

Witnesses said the man walked through the store with his arms above his head, stabbing anyone in his way. The part-time employee ran from the scene afterward, but was pursued by a security guard and a shopper, said police, who later arrested the suspect.

No reason for the attack was immediately clear.