Suriname: Man fatally stabs nine people including 5 kids; all dead

At least nine people, including five children, were stabbed to death overnight in Suriname’s capital Paramaribo, police said on Sunday, adding that the suspect was wounded and 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 were transported to the hospital,” a police statement said, as cited by AFP.The statement added that officers opened fire on the suspect, who was wounded in the legs and is now hospitalised.