At least 17 people have been injured in Tokyo after a man wielding a knife started a fire on a moving train, NHK reports
The incident took place, authorities say, at around 8 p.m. on a train on the Keio railway line, NHK reported. The train was operating near Kokuryo Station, in the city of Chofu, west of Tokyo.The suspect was also reported to have scattered cigarette lighter fluid in the train car, which he then set ablaze.At least 17 people were injured, NHK reported citing police. One of the victims, a man in his 60s, is seriously injured and unconscious, the broadcaster added.
The suspect later turned himself in at a convenience store, NHK reported at the time. Tokyo Metropolitan Police said the man confessed that he"just wanted to kill any women who looked happy, anyone," NHK reported.In 2019, two people, including a 11-year-old girl, were killed and 17 other children injured in a stabbing spree in the city of Kawasaki, about 13 miles from Tokyo.
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