Suspect held over stabbing spree

Police have detained a man accused of killing three people in a violent rampage in which he ran over pedestrians and stabbed passers-by in Zhejiang province.

The suspect, identified as Wang, 42, was taken into custody at 11:15 pm on Saturday at a friend's home, where he had been hiding out, the authorities said.

He is accused of stabbing a woman in Ningbo's Beilun district around 6 pm before going on to attack 17 others by ramming them in stolen cars or slashing them with a knife. Police said three people died.