Suriname: 5 children among 9 stabbed to death in Paramaribo; suspect in custody

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• Authorities added that a suspect, who was wounded during the incident, has been taken into custody.“During the night from Saturday, December 27, to Sunday, December 28, a male individual killed four adults and five children with a sharp object.
• A sixth child and an adult were seriously injured and transported to the hospital,” a police statement said, AFP reported. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADThe Paramaribo police had to open fire on the suspect, wounding him in the legs before taking him into custody.
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