Tokyo Police Arrest Knife Attacker on Commuter Train
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7 August 2021 12:59 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Tokyo - Police arrested a 36-year-old man in Tokyo after he slashed and stabbed people on a commuter train, allegedly wounding 10 people, at about 8:40 pm local time on Friday, August 6, Japanese media reported.
The man told police he became incensed when he saw women who "looked happy" and wanted to kill them, local media reported on Saturday, August 7.
One victim, a female university student, was seriously wounded, while the rest suffered less severe injuries.
The Sankei newspaper reported that suspect told police: "I began feeling like I wanted to kill women who looked happy about six years ago. Anyone was fine, I just wanted to kill a lot of people."
A police spokesman did not detail the case further when asked about the media reports on Saturday. Violent crime is rare in Japan but there have been a spate of knife attacks by assailants unknown to the victims.
In June 2008, a man in a light truck drove into a crowd in the popular Akihabara district in Tokyo and then jumped out of the vehicle and started stabbing pedestrians, leaving seven dead.
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