Students on way to take exams stabbed near University of Tokyo

Three individuals have been stabbed outdoors of a check venue, because the suspect slashed the three individuals of their again on a avenue outdoors of the College of Tokyo's fundamental campus.
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Three individuals, together with two college students on their strategy to take college entrance exams, have been stabbed Saturday simply outdoors of a check venue, and authorities arrested a 17-year-old pupil on the scene on suspicion of tried homicide, Tokyo police stated.

The victims — two 18-year-old highschool college students and a 72-year-old man — have been all acutely aware and their accidents weren't life-threatening once they have been rushed to a hospital for remedy, police stated. However the aged sufferer was later in severe situation, native media reported.

Police stated the attacker, who was recognized solely as a highschool pupil from the central Japanese metropolis of Nagoya as a result of he's a minor, slashed the three individuals of their again on a avenue simply outdoors of the College of Tokyo’s fundamental campus, one of many venues for Japan’s two-day nationwide entrance exams this weekend.

The suspects have been stabbed Saturday outdoors of a check venue, as authorities arrested a 17-year-old pupil on the scene on suspicion of tried homicide.

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Police stated they're investigating the attacker’s motives. He was not taking the examination. Police are additionally wanting right into a small fireplace at a close-by subway station that occurred simply earlier than the assault. The suspect claimed to be chargeable for the subway station fireplace, based on native media.

The teenage attacker informed police he was struggling together with his educational efficiency and that he needed to kill himself after committing the crimes, NHK public tv reported.

About 3,700 college students attended Saturday’s exams on the College of Tokyo they usually started as scheduled regardless of the assault.

Police stated the suspect who was recognized as a highschool pupil slashed the three individuals of their again on a avenue outdoors of the College of Tokyo.

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Violent crimes are uncommon in Japan however there have been a collection of random knifing and arson assaults in current months.

In December, 25 individuals have been killed in an arson assault at a psychological well being clinic in Osaka, during which a suspect additionally was badly injured and later died. In October, a 24-year-old man wearing a Joker costume from the Batman motion pictures stabbed an aged man and began a fireplace on a crowded practice automotive in Tokyo, injuring greater than a dozen individuals. In August, a 36-year-old man wounded about 10 individuals in a knife assault on one other Tokyo commuter practice.