Officials in the northern U.S. state of Minnesota say eight people were wounded in a stabbing attack in a shopping mall Saturday.

Saint Cloud Police Chief William Blair Anderson said an off-duty police officer shot and killed the suspect.

Anderson said the assailant reportedly made references to Allah during the knife attack at the Crossroads Center and asked if one person was a Muslim.

However, Anderson stopped short of calling the attack an act of terrorism, saying the motive was not yet clear. “We will be diligent and get to the bottom of this,” he said.

Anderson said all but one of the victims have been released from the hospital.

Police placed the mall on lockdown after the attack with no one allowed to immediately enter or leave.

Saint Cloud is about 112 kilometers northwest of Minneapolis.
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