A woman was killed and three other customers injured in a multiple stabbing incident at a Beijing supermarket on Monday, the capital's police said.

The woman, surnamed Liu, died in hospital after she was stabbed in the chest with a knife by a man in a Carrefour supermarket at Maliandao, Xicheng district, on Monday around noon.

The three other victims, including a 2-year-old boy who was seriously injured, have been hospitalized.