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| At Least 16 People, Including 13 Young Children, Stabbed at Bus Stop in Japan | |
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| KAWASAKI, Japan — 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. | KAWASAKI, Japan — 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. |
| NHK, the public broadcaster, reported that all the children were girls between the ages of 6 and 7. | |
| At least two of the victims, an adult and a child, had life-threatening wounds. The attack took place in Noborito-Shinmachi town in Kawasaki City. | |
| The suspect, described as a man in his 40s or 50s by NHK, was in custody and unconscious after apparently stabbing himself in the neck. | The suspect, described as a man in his 40s or 50s by NHK, was in custody and unconscious after apparently stabbing himself in the neck. |
| The attack took place as the schoolchildren were at the bus stop headed to a local girls school, witnesses said. | The attack took place as the schoolchildren were at the bus stop headed to a local girls school, witnesses said. |
| 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 in Japanese, “I’m going to kill you!” | 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 in Japanese, “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. |
| Tuesday’s attack occurred on the last day of President Trump’s visit to Japan. He was visiting a Japanese military ship to greet American troops along with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. |