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       A man rammed a car into pedestrians before stabbing several people, injuring at least 13 in the South Korean city of Seongnam, near the capital, Seoul, authorities said Thursday.

       The police have not announced a potential motive, and the South Korean national broadcaster KBS reported that authorities would investigate the mental health of the suspect, who was taken into custody.

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       Police Commissioner General Yoon Hee-keun said authorities were treating the incident as an indiscriminate attack, Yonhap news agency reported. “Unlike traditional crimes driven by personal resentment,” he said, the apparent attack was “in effect, an act of terrorism in that anyone can become a victim.”

       Police said they were interrogating a male suspect in his early 20s who was detained at the scene, according to KBS. Four people were hit by the vehicle and nine others were injured in the knife attack after the man got out of the car with a weapon, according to media reports.

       Officers cordoned off streets nearby, and the police commissioner called an emergency meeting of city police chiefs after Thursday’s incident, which occurred near Seohyeon subway station in an area with a large department store. Last month, a rare stabbing attack killed one person and injured three others in Seoul.

       Jintak Han contributed to this report.

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