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| One Schoolgirl Dead and 12 More Injured in Japan Knife Attack | One Schoolgirl Dead and 12 More Injured in Japan Knife Attack |
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| KAWASAKI, Japan — A man stabbed at least 16 people, including 13 schoolchildren waiting at a bus stop, before fatally stabbing himself Tuesday morning, according to the police. One of the schoolchildren died in the attack, in a suburb southwest of Tokyo. | |
| NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, reported that all the children were girls. | |
| After carrying out the attack, the suspect, described as a man in his 40s or 50s, stabbed himself in the neck and subsequently died, officials told NHK. The attack took place in Noborito-Shinmachi town in Kawasaki City. | After carrying out the attack, the suspect, described as a man in his 40s or 50s, stabbed himself in the neck and subsequently died, officials told NHK. The attack took place in Noborito-Shinmachi town in Kawasaki City. |
| 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!” |
| The attack took place as the children were at the bus stop waiting for a ride to Caritas, a local Catholic school, witnesses said. | The attack took place as the children were at the bus stop waiting for a ride to Caritas, a local Catholic school, witnesses said. |
| Caritas is a private institution run by Canadian missionaries, the only Catholic school in Kawasaki. It was founded in 1961 as a junior and senior high school. In 1963, it added elementary classes. In 2017, the school had 648 students and 51 teachers. | Caritas is a private institution run by Canadian missionaries, the only Catholic school in Kawasaki. It was founded in 1961 as a junior and senior high school. In 1963, it added elementary classes. In 2017, the school had 648 students and 51 teachers. |
| After the attack, a steady stream of children were escorted away from Caritas by their parents, who had been told by school officials not to talk to reporters. | After the attack, a steady stream of children were escorted away from Caritas by their parents, who had been told by school officials not to talk to reporters. |
| One father, who had come to pick up his second-grade daughter, said his wife had seen news of the stabbing on television, and he had received a message from the school on Line, a Japanese messaging service, asking parents to pick up their children. | One father, who had come to pick up his second-grade daughter, said his wife had seen news of the stabbing on television, and he had received a message from the school on Line, a Japanese messaging service, asking parents to pick up their children. |
| “There was no reason given,” said the father, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “I just received a standardized alert asking us to pick up our children.” | “There was no reason given,” said the father, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “I just received a standardized alert asking us to pick up our children.” |
| He said his daughter regularly rode the bus that was scheduled to stop at the site of the attack on Tuesday. | He said his daughter regularly rode the bus that was scheduled to stop at the site of the attack on Tuesday. |
| Hiroaki Takamatsu, secretary general of Caritas elementary school, told reporters that the school will hold a meeting for parents and a news conference on Tuesday. | |
| “We don’t know details yet,” he said of the attack. “But with one death, I don’t have any words to say.” | |
| 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 and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were visiting a Japanese military ship and greeting American troops as news emerged about the Kawasaki attack. |