(Reuters) – Nine people, including five children, were killed in Suriname after a man attacked them with a sharp object, police said in a statement today.

The man fatally attacked four adults and five children in Suriname’s capital, Paramaribo, during the night from Saturday to early today, police said.

A sixth child and an adult were also injured and sent to the hospital for treatment.

Officers shot the suspect in the legs during his arrest after he attacked police with a sharp object, authorities added.