Uniqlo sword attack in Beijing leaves woman stabbed to death

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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
Unnamed Chinese woman was stabbed to death on shopping street
A French man who came to her aid was also injured
The attacker, named only as Gao, was apprehended by police soon after
Pictures show killer was casually pacing around after the attack

Published: 05:09 EST, 13 August 2015 | Updated: 12:06 EST, 13 August 2015

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A man armed with a metre-long sword stabbed a woman to death in a busy shopping district in China today.

The man, named only as Gao, chased the woman before stabbing her in the chest in front of a Uniqlo clothing store in Sanlitun, a popular shopping and nightlife district in Beijing.

The attacker's rampage began at around noon local time today on the south end of Sanlitun,The People's Daily Online reported.

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Armed attacker: A man armed with a metre-long sword stabbed a woman to death in Beijing today

Attack scene: The woman sustained horrific injuries, bleeding profusely from her chest

Although the police are yet to make a statement, the event is being reported by Chinese media as a 'random attack'.

Pictures being shared on social media show an unnamed male, who police believe is French, attempting to reassure the injured female and stemming the blood from the wound with his hand.

The man is thought to have sustained some injuries while tending to the woman, who was from Shandong Province, east China.

Video footage filmed at the scene shows the attacker, dressed in a white shirt and black trousers, casually pacing around in the middle of the cleared-out square, waving the weapon about in an idle manner.