FUZHOU - A 26-year-old man stabbed two people to death with a knife on Tuesday evening near a supermarket in downtown Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, police said.

According to a statement issued by the Fuzhou Public Security Bureau at its official microblogging account, the suspect, surnamed Chen, allegedly attacked an unknown number of people with the knife at about 10 pm Tuesday close to Yonghui supermarket.

The two were stabbed to death and another was seriously injured and sent to hospital.

Police has caught the suspect. Investigation is under way.