Knifeman goes on the rampage in Tokyo 'stabbing at least 10 passengers on commuter train before giving himself up inside a shop'
A knifeman went on the rampage in Tokyo last night, stabbing at least 10 passengers on a commuter train before finally giving himself up inside a shop, according to reports.
One passenger was seriously injured in the attack, NHK television said, before the suspect fled the scene, leaving the weapon behind.
The attack took place on an evening commuter train in Tokyo's Setagaya ward, in the west of the city, several miles from the venue of Olympic equestrian events.
The train company said on its website that it had suspended some services after 'an assault in a carriage.'
Reports suggest the suspect then allowed himself to be arrested by police at a nearby convenience store.
The Tokyo Fire Department said nine of the 10 injured passengers were taken to nearby hospitals, while the tenth was able to walk away. All of those injured were conscious, fire department officials said.
A man with a knife stabbed at least 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo on Friday and was captured by police after fleeing, fire department officials and news reports said
One passenger was seriously injured in the attack, NHK television said, before the suspect fled the scene, leaving the weapon behind
He then allowed himself to be arrested by police at a convenience store in the Japanese capital, which is currently hosting the Olympics
The Tokyo Fire Department said nine of the 10 injured passengers were taken to nearby hospitals, while the tenth was able to walk away. All of those injured were conscious, fire department officials said
Police escort rescue workers carrying a person through a train station after a knife attack on a train in Tokyo, Japan
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A police officer works at the site where a stabbing incident occurred on a train, at the Soshigaya-Okura station of the Odakyu Electric Railway in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo
Tokyo Fire Department personnel and a police investigator, right, move toward a platform at Soshigaya Okura Station
A police officer stands guard at the site where a stabbing incident occurred on a train, at the Soshigaya-Okura station
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Media members stand behind police tape at a station after a knife attack on a train in Tokyo, Japan on Friday night
Police work at the scene after a knife attack on a train in Tokyo, Japan on Friday evening
Police officers work at the site where a stabbing incident occurred on a train, at the Soshigaya-Okura station
Passengers pass through the gates of a subway station in Tokyo, where an attacker was arrested by police after fleeing
A witness at a nearby station where the train stopped said passengers were rushing out of the carriages and shouting that there was a stabbing and asking for first aid.
Another witness told NHK that he saw passengers smeared with blood come out of the train, as an announcer asked for doctors and for passengers carrying towels.
Dozens of paramedics and police arrived at the station, one of the witnesses said.
NHK said the suspect later walked into a convenience store and identified himself as the suspect on the news and said he was tired of running away.
The store manager called police after seeing blood stains on the man's shirt. Police were questioning the man as they prepared his arrest, NHK said.
The stabbing occurred near Seijogakuen station, according to railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway Co.
Police declined to comment and no other details were immediately available.
While shooting deaths are rare in Japan, the country has had a series of high-profile killings with knives in recent years.
In 2019, a man carrying two knives attacked a group of schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo, killing two people and injuring 17 before killing himself.
The previous year, a man killed a passenger and injuring two others in a knife attack on a bullet train, while in 2016, a former employee at a home for the disabled allegedly killed 19 people and injured more than 20.