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| Japan knife attack: 15 killed and dozens wounded in stabbing | Japan knife attack: 15 killed and dozens wounded in stabbing |
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| At least 15 people have been killed and another 45 injured after a man went on a rampage with a knife at a Japanese facility for disabled people in the early hours of Tuesday morning. | At least 15 people have been killed and another 45 injured after a man went on a rampage with a knife at a Japanese facility for disabled people in the early hours of Tuesday morning. |
| Japan’s public broadcaster NHK said a suspect, reported to have the family name Uematsu, had been arrested after he attacked residents of the Tsukui Yamayuri En (Tsukui Lily Garden) facility in Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. | |
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| Japanese media reported that staff at the facility called police at 2.30am local time with reports of a man armed with a knife on the grounds. | Japanese media reported that staff at the facility called police at 2.30am local time with reports of a man armed with a knife on the grounds. |
| When authorities arrived they confirmed at least 15 people had died with four more people in cardiac arrest according to media reports. One news agency, Kyodo, has put the death toll at 19 which if confirmed would be one of the worst crimes in Japanese postwar history. | |
| The 45 wounded were taken to at least six hospitals in the western Tokyo area. Emergency workers said 20 of the injured people were in serious condition. | |
| Twenty-nine emergency squads responded to the attack, Kyodo reported. | |
| A man identified as the father of a patient in the facility told NHK he learned about the attack on the radio and had received no information from the centre. | |
| “I’m very worried but they won’t let me in,” he said, standing just outside a cordon of yellow crime-scene tape. | |
| Kyodo, citing the facility’s website, said the centre had a maximum capacity of 150 people. | |
| TV footage taken from a helicopter over the scene showed a long line of ambulances parked outside the two-storey facility. | TV footage taken from a helicopter over the scene showed a long line of ambulances parked outside the two-storey facility. |
| It appeared that emergency workers were removing the dead and treating the injured beneath a large orange tarpaulin screen. | It appeared that emergency workers were removing the dead and treating the injured beneath a large orange tarpaulin screen. |
| Local media said a 26-year-old former employee of the facility, had admitted carrying out the attack. | |
| Police are investigating the motive behind the mass attack, which is believed to have started at about 2.30am local time. | |
| “We are still confirming details of the case,” a police spokesman said. | “We are still confirming details of the case,” a police spokesman said. |
| A resident of the area, located in a mountain valley south of Mount Takao, told NHK that police had arrested a man with blond hair dressed in black clothes. | A resident of the area, located in a mountain valley south of Mount Takao, told NHK that police had arrested a man with blond hair dressed in black clothes. |
| The Tsukui Yamayuri-En facility is situated in 3-hectares (7.6 acres) of grounds. Established by the local government and nestled on the wooded bank of the Sagami River, it cares for people with a wide range of disabilities, | |
| The facility has a swimming pool, gym and medical clinic, according to Kyodo News. | |
| More details soon ... | More details soon ... |