News Knife attacker on Tokyo commuter train wanted to kill 'happy women'- NHK (1 Viewer)

spicy_illusion · 8 August 2021

Wow! I am lost for words! Imagine wanting to kill a specific gender because they are happy.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...train-wanted-kill-happy-women-nhk-2021-08-07/

Knife attacker on Tokyo commuter train wanted to kill 'happy women'- NHK

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.

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.

spicy_illusion · 8 August 2021

Here's more on the news. It looks like a woman got seriously injured

Poor girl!

A SUSPECT alleged have gone on a knife rampage on a Tokyo train reportedly told cops he wanted to kill women who “looked happy”.

Ten people were wounded including a woman in her 20s, who was left with multiple stab wounds in her back and chest, during the attack in the Olympic city.

Yusuke Tsushima arriving at a police station after being arrested

One of the victims being stretchered away

The attack took place Friday night around 8.30pm local time between Seijogakuen-mae station and Soshigaya-Okura station in the capital's Setagaya Ward.

Suspect Yusuke Tsushima, 36, was arrested as he tried to flee the scene.

"I began feeling like I wanted to kill women who looked happy about six years ago," he told police, the Sankei newspaper reports.

"Anyone was fine, I just wanted to kill a lot of people."

TBS television said the suspect stabbed a woman who happened to be seated near him in the carriage.

He also told police that he chose to stage the attack inside a train because it offered the chance to kill a large number of people.

The suspect was also carrying cooking oil and a lighter, with which he allegedly intended to set a fire inside the carriage, NHK reported, quoting police.

Authorities said the victims were rushed to hospital while one was able to walk away.

A witness at a nearby station where the train eventually halted said he saw panicked passenger bolt of out the carriages.

SMEARED IN BLOOD
Another told broadcaster NHK that commuters were smeared with blood and that an announcement was made calling on doctors on board and passengers with towels to help, according to the Independent.

The train was brought to an emergency stop after the rail operator was alerted, Al Jazeera reports.

The broadcaster added that the suspect was caught after storming into a convenience store and telling people he was fed up of running away.

The store manager saw the 20-something-year-old covered in blood and called police.

The man left what was believed to be the weapon and a mobile phone on the train, one source told The Japan Times.

There were no immediate details about the attacker or a motive.

Dozens of police and paramedics rushed to the crime scene near Seijogakuen-Mae station, according to the railway operator, Odakyu Electric Railway Company.

Police declined to comment and no other details were immediately available.

Seijogakuen-Mae station is only a few miles away from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium, where sporting events draw to a close on Sunday.

A picture of passenger fleeing the commuter train

At least 10 people were stabbed during the knife attack and were treated at a nearby hospital

Police cordoning off the train station in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward

Rescuers preparing stretchers, which were used to carry some of the 10 victims