Nineteen dead after knife attack in Japan

Tokyo police have arrested a 20-year-old suspect


Reuters July 25, 2016
A police officer is seen in a facility for the disabled, where a knife-wielding man attacked, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 26, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

TOKYO:

Nineteen people were dead and as many as 45 others wounded after an attack by a knife-wielding man at a facility for the disabled in Japan early on Tuesday, NHK reported.



Police in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Tokyo have arrested a man in his 20s, Japanese media reported.


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They said staff called police at 2.30 am local time with reports of a man armed with a knife on the grounds of the Tsukui Yamayuri Garden facility.


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Kyodo said the man had turned himself into a police station. Asahi Shimbun reported that the suspect was quoted by police as saying "I want to get rid of the disabled from this world."


Fifteen people were confirmed dead while four were in a state of cardiac arrest, the reports said.

COMMENTS (6)

Bunny Rabbit | 7 years ago | Reply And Japan was one of the few counties not in news for wrong reasons .... until .. now ...
Haji Atiya | 7 years ago | Reply @S: Not necessarily; just more people around and one hears of these incidents much quicker nowadays.
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