US EditionAt least 15 injured in a knife and chemical attack at a factory in Japan
Fifteen factory workers were injured, eight stabbed and seven sprayed with bleach, with five stab victims in serious condition, officials said.
- On Friday, fourteen people were injured in a factory stabbing at the Yokohama Rubber Co. factory in Mishima, where emergency services received a call at about 4.30 pm reporting an unspecified liquid spray.
- Shizuoka prefectural police said the suspect, a 38-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, with no immediate explanation of motive; investigators cited by Asahi said he carried a survival knife and wore what appeared to be a gas mask.
- Emergency dispatchers said the initial call at about 4.30 pm from a nearby rubber factory reported five or six people stabbed and a spray-like liquid used, while officials described eight people stabbed and seven others injured by suspected bleach.
- Tomoharu Sugiyama said emergency services transported fourteen people and at least six were sent to hospital in ambulances, while the fire department told AP five stabbed victims were in serious condition.
- Violent crime is relatively rare in Japan, but several high-profile knife attacks have occurred in recent years, including the 2023 rampage that killed four people and past metro-station knife cases.
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Japan is in shock after a blood attack in a tire factory. A man armed with a knife stabbed workers in a tire company on Friday and poured a previously unknown liquid over them. At least 15 people were injured in the attack. The attack occurred in a facility of tire manufacturer Yokohama Rubber Co. in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, south-west of Tokyo. A fire officer said that at around 4.30 p.m. on Friday afternoon (local time) an emergency call …
At least 15 injured in knife and bleach attack at Japan factory
A man was arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven others with what was believed to be bleach at a tire factory in central Japan on Friday, officials said. There was no immediate explanation of his motive.
In an attack with a knife and liquid in a tire factory in Japan, 15 people were injured. Seven people were injured by knife stabs and eight people by the fluid, said a representative of the Mishima City Fire Department on Friday of the AFP news agency.The alleged attacker was arrested according to Japanese media reports.There is a link between him and the factory.The attack occurred in a facility of tire manufacturer Yokohama Rubber Co. in Mishi…
A man was arrested after stabbing eight people and wounding seven others with what appears to be bleach in a rubber factory in central Japan on Friday, the authorities said, and his motives remained unknown.
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