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Japan Introduces Stab-Proof Umbrellas On Trains To Protect Passengers
This initiative by West Japan Railway Co (JR West) comes in response to several violent incidents on trains, including a knife attack in July 2023.
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Three Hurt In Japan Train Stabbing Attack
Three people were hurt in a knife attack on a train in western Japan on Sunday, with police saying they had arrested a man for allegedly carrying out the stabbings.
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2 Cops Among 4 Killed In Stabbing And Shooting Incident In Japan
Japanese police on Friday detained a suspect who had been holed up in a building after allegedly killing four people including two police officers in a gun and knife attack, an official told AFP.
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Japan School Students Injured In Knife Attack At University Entrance Test
Several high school students sitting their university entrance exam in Tokyo were wounded on Saturday in an apparent knife attack, Japanese media said.
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Japan Train Attack Suspect, Batman's 'Joker' Fan, "Planned For Months": Police
A drifter who admired the Joker from Batman and dressed as him to carry out a Halloween attack on a Tokyo train "wanted to kill lots of people" and planned his moves over months, buying a knife to use in the internet, police and media said on Tuesday
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Man Dressed As Joker, Knife In Hand, Sets Tokyo Train On Fire; 17 Injured
A 24-year-old man dressed in Batman's Joker costume attacked passengers on a Tokyo train line on Sunday evening, injuring 17 people as many party-goers headed into the city centre for Halloween gatherings, media reported.
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Japan Police Official Stabbed In Possible Targeted Attack: Report
A Japanese police officer was stabbed several times in the chest with a kitchen knife and his loaded handgun stolen while on patrol on Sunday morning in the western city of Suita, in a rare case of violent crime in Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported.
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2 Dead, 17 Injured In Japan Mass Stabbing
Two people including a schoolgirl were stabbed to death and more than a dozen injured in Japan on Tuesday in a rampage that targeted children as they waited for a bus.
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Japan Knife Attacker Grins Before Cameras
A Japanese man who admitted to murdering 19 people at a centre for the mentally disabled grinned to news cameras Wednesday before being questioned over the country's worst killing spree in decades.
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Knife Attacker In Japan Kills 19 In Their Sleep At Disabled Centre
A knife-wielding man broke into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo early on Tuesday and killed 19 patients as they slept, authorities said, Japan's worst mass killing in decades.
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Japan Knife Attack: Letter By Man Accused Of Japan Stabbing Gave Warning
The 26-year-old man accused of carrying out a mass stabbing today at a Japanese facility for the mentally disabled that left 19 people dead had written a letter in February to parliament's lower house speaker, outlining what was similar to Tuesday's attack, and expressing his disturbing views. A translation follows:
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19 In 'Cardiac Arrest' After Japan Knife Attack: Official
Nineteen people are "in a state of cardiac arrest" after an attack by a knife-wielding man at a facility for the disabled in Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, a prefectural official said on Tuesday.
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19 Killed, Dozens Injured In Japan Knife Attack, Suspect Surrenders
At least 19 people were killed in Japan when a knife-wielding man went on a rampage at a care centre for the mentally disabled early Tuesday, officials said.
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LIVE: Japan Attacker Turns Himself In After Killing 19 Near Tokyo
At least 15 people were killed and 45 injured in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the handicapped in Sagamihara, just outside Tokyo, Japan's broadcaster NHK has reported.
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19 People Reported Dead In Knife Attack In Japan
Nineteen people were stabbed to death at a care home for people with disabilities, Japanese media reported Tuesday, describing the worst mass-casualty attack in the postwar era in Japan.
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Japan Introduces Stab-Proof Umbrellas On Trains To Protect Passengers
This initiative by West Japan Railway Co (JR West) comes in response to several violent incidents on trains, including a knife attack in July 2023.
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Three Hurt In Japan Train Stabbing Attack
Three people were hurt in a knife attack on a train in western Japan on Sunday, with police saying they had arrested a man for allegedly carrying out the stabbings.
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2 Cops Among 4 Killed In Stabbing And Shooting Incident In Japan
Japanese police on Friday detained a suspect who had been holed up in a building after allegedly killing four people including two police officers in a gun and knife attack, an official told AFP.
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Japan School Students Injured In Knife Attack At University Entrance Test
Several high school students sitting their university entrance exam in Tokyo were wounded on Saturday in an apparent knife attack, Japanese media said.
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Japan Train Attack Suspect, Batman's 'Joker' Fan, "Planned For Months": Police
A drifter who admired the Joker from Batman and dressed as him to carry out a Halloween attack on a Tokyo train "wanted to kill lots of people" and planned his moves over months, buying a knife to use in the internet, police and media said on Tuesday
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Man Dressed As Joker, Knife In Hand, Sets Tokyo Train On Fire; 17 Injured
A 24-year-old man dressed in Batman's Joker costume attacked passengers on a Tokyo train line on Sunday evening, injuring 17 people as many party-goers headed into the city centre for Halloween gatherings, media reported.
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Japan Police Official Stabbed In Possible Targeted Attack: Report
A Japanese police officer was stabbed several times in the chest with a kitchen knife and his loaded handgun stolen while on patrol on Sunday morning in the western city of Suita, in a rare case of violent crime in Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported.
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2 Dead, 17 Injured In Japan Mass Stabbing
Two people including a schoolgirl were stabbed to death and more than a dozen injured in Japan on Tuesday in a rampage that targeted children as they waited for a bus.
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Japan Knife Attacker Grins Before Cameras
A Japanese man who admitted to murdering 19 people at a centre for the mentally disabled grinned to news cameras Wednesday before being questioned over the country's worst killing spree in decades.
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Knife Attacker In Japan Kills 19 In Their Sleep At Disabled Centre
A knife-wielding man broke into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo early on Tuesday and killed 19 patients as they slept, authorities said, Japan's worst mass killing in decades.
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Japan Knife Attack: Letter By Man Accused Of Japan Stabbing Gave Warning
The 26-year-old man accused of carrying out a mass stabbing today at a Japanese facility for the mentally disabled that left 19 people dead had written a letter in February to parliament's lower house speaker, outlining what was similar to Tuesday's attack, and expressing his disturbing views. A translation follows:
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19 In 'Cardiac Arrest' After Japan Knife Attack: Official
Nineteen people are "in a state of cardiac arrest" after an attack by a knife-wielding man at a facility for the disabled in Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, a prefectural official said on Tuesday.
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19 Killed, Dozens Injured In Japan Knife Attack, Suspect Surrenders
At least 19 people were killed in Japan when a knife-wielding man went on a rampage at a care centre for the mentally disabled early Tuesday, officials said.
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LIVE: Japan Attacker Turns Himself In After Killing 19 Near Tokyo
At least 15 people were killed and 45 injured in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the handicapped in Sagamihara, just outside Tokyo, Japan's broadcaster NHK has reported.
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19 People Reported Dead In Knife Attack In Japan
Nineteen people were stabbed to death at a care home for people with disabilities, Japanese media reported Tuesday, describing the worst mass-casualty attack in the postwar era in Japan.
