HANGZHOU - A knife-wielding man injured eight people, including two policemen, on Saturday morning in Hangzhou City of east China's Zhejiang Province, local authorities said.

The man surnamed Liu, 33, injured a neighbor with two knives and wounded five others on a street at about 8:30 a.m. while running after other neighbors in Xiacheng District, according to a Hangzhou municipal public security bureau statement.

The injuries of the six victims were not life-threatening, according to the statement.

The topless man later ran into a nearby Walmart store and was captured by police at about 9 a.m., according to the statement.

Two policemen were bitten by Liu, it said.

Jobless Liu is a local from Nong'an County of northeast China's Jilin Province.

Further investigation is underway.