(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.

@WI_cricfan

I heard a tenth person has died. Very sad. btw, it's not in Paramaribo, it's a district out of the capital. Just earlier this year I was there. He, the man who attacked the people was taking treatment at the mental hospital. Five of those he killed R his children.

I am ashamed that four of the children R going to be bury today and the government will be still going on with their New years eves/old years party. I not only hang my head in grief, but I bow my head in shame for this disregard of the lost of life.