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At Least 15 People, Including Young Children, Stabbed at Bus Stop in Japan At Least 16 People, Including 13 Young Children, Stabbed at Bus Stop in Japan
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At least 15 people, including elementary school children, were stabbed on Tuesday morning while waiting at a bus stop in Noborito, a suburb southwest of Tokyo. At least 16 people, including 13 elementary school children, were stabbed on Tuesday morning while waiting at a bus stop in a suburb southwest of Tokyo, according to the police.
At least three of the victims, including one of the young students, had life-threatening wounds. The local fire department reported 19 victims, including 8 elementary age children. NHK, the public broadcaster, reported that all the children were girls between the ages of 6 and 7.
The suspect, described as a man in his 50s by NHK, the public broadcaster, was in custody and unconscious after apparently stabling himself in the neck. At least two of the victims, an adult and a child, had life-threatening wounds. The attack took place in Noborito in Kanagawa prefecture.
The suspect, described as a man in his 50s by NHK, was in custody and unconscious after apparently stabbing himself in the neck.
Toshichika Ishii, 57, was sitting on a park bench near where the attack took place when he heard a child scream, “I’m scared,” and heard the attacker shouting, “I’m going to kill you!”
Violent crimes, particularly mass killings, are rare in Japan. Three years ago, a former employee of a center for people with disabilities rampaged through the facility in Sagamihara, leaving 19 people dead in the worst mass killing in Japan since World War II.Violent crimes, particularly mass killings, are rare in Japan. Three years ago, a former employee of a center for people with disabilities rampaged through the facility in Sagamihara, leaving 19 people dead in the worst mass killing in Japan since World War II.
The attack occurred on the last day of President Trump’s visit to Japan.The attack occurred on the last day of President Trump’s visit to Japan.