Knife attacker on Tokyo commuter train wanted to kill 'happy women'- NHK
07/08/2021 02:56
TOKYO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The man alleged to have wounded 10
people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train late on
Friday told police he became incensed when he saw women who
"looked happy" and wanted to kill them, Japanese media reported
on Saturday.
Police arrested the 36-year-old man in another part of Tokyo
after he slashed and stabbed people in the attack at about 8:40
pm (1140 GMT) on Friday on a train on the Odakyu Line in the
western part of the city, media reported. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2PD384
One victim, a female university student, was seriously
wounded, while the rest suffered less severe injuries.
The Sankei newspaper reported that suspect told police: "I
began feeling like I wanted to kill women who looked happy about
six years ago. Anyone was fine, I just wanted to kill a lot of
people."
Other media, including broadcaster NHK, reported similar
quotes from suspect.
A police spokesman said they had nothing further to share on
the details of case when asked about the media reports on
Saturday.
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.
(Reporting by Mari Saito
Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
((Mari.Saito@thomsonreuters.com;))