Several people told police they had been stabbed while on a train in the western part of the city, the Mainichi newspaper reports
Tokyo — Four people were injured after a man with a knife ran amok on train in Tokyo, the Mainichi newspaper reported, citing unidentified police sources.
At about 8.40pm local time several people told police they had been stabbed while on a train on the Odakyu Odawara Line in the western part of the city, the paper said. What appeared to be a kitchen knife was left on the train, the Mainichi said. The four injured people were conscious and their lives were in no danger. Tokyo police took a man believed to be the perpetrator into custody at about 10pm local time, according to the newspaper.Violent crime is rare in Japan but there have been a spate of knife attacks by assailants unknown to the victims.
In June 2008, a man in a light truck drove into a crowd in the popular Akihabara district and then jumped out of the vehicle and started stabbing pedestrians, leaving seven dead.
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