Man armed with AXE and CHAINSAW kills woman shopper and wounds several others in terrifying mall attack

A RAMPAGING man armed with an AXE and CHAINSAW killed one woman and wounded several others in a Belarus shopping centre.

One suspect has been arrested after the horror attack in Minsk earlier this afternoon.

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Alexander Lastovsky, a spokesman for Minsk Police, said the motives for the crime are not known at this stage.

A spokesman from the Investigative Committee of Belarus said that reports of 'two attackers' were not correct.

He : "A man brought a chainsaw and an axe in the boot of a guitar.

"He inflicted bodily injuries to chainsaw girl, she died on the spot.

"He suffered another girl.

"Suspect arrested, a man of Slavic appearance born in 1998, Belarusian nationality.

"Investigative Committee (have) opened a criminal case."

The attackers targeted a woman, believed to be around 30-year-sold, who died from her injuries.

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The area to the mall was cordoned by police and paramedics.

Hundreds of shoppers were reportedly in the mall when the terrifying attack began.

It has been reported that the suspect wore a mask.

that the attacker went into the centre - Europa - through a side entrance, wounding one man in the arm initially.

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