{"id":348884,"date":"2023-07-23T06:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T06:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/23\/three-hurt-in-japan-train-stabbing-attack\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T06:19:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T06:19:00","slug":"three-hurt-in-japan-train-stabbing-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/23\/three-hurt-in-japan-train-stabbing-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Hurt In Japan Train Stabbing Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Three Hurt In Japan Train Stabbing Attack\" alt=\"Three Hurt In Japan Train Stabbing Attack\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-01\/ke8mflno_japan-police-japan-emergency-personnel_625x300_15_January_22.jpeg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Japan has a low murder rate and some of the world&#8217;s toughest gun laws. (Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The victims &#8212; a train conductor in his 20s and two male passengers aged in their 20s and 70s &#8212; were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Tetsuya Sakagami from a nearby fire department told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old male suspect was armed with three knives when he was arrested at Rinku Town station in the Osaka region, local police told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested for attempted murder and has already admitted to carrying out the attack on Sunday morning, police said, adding they were still investigating the motive.<\/p>\n<p>Violent crime is rare in Japan, which has a low murder rate and some of the world&#8217;s toughest gun laws.<\/p>\n<p>But there are occasional stabbings and even shootings, including the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe last year.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, a 24-year-old man allegedly stabbed a passenger and started a fire on a train in Tokyo on Halloween while wearing an outfit resembling comic book villain the Joker.<\/p>\n<p>A verdict in that case is due to be handed down on July 31.<\/p>\n<p><i>(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Manipur Horror: NDTV Reports From Worst-Hit Places\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Manipur Horror: NDTV Reports From Worst-Hit Places\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Manipur Horror: NDTV Reports From Worst-Hit Places\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-01\/ke8mflno_japan-police-japan-emergency-personnel_625x300_15_January_22.jpeg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-07-23T11:49:19+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=713045&amp;category=embed&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=0&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/22072023_n_ManipurVT_108937_60882_320.mp4\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont externalVideo fvotd\">\n<h3 class=\"s-ttl\">Featured Video Of The Day<\/h3>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"lozad\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-07\/gspeie5s_manipur-horror_640x480_22_July_23.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=713045&amp;category=embed&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=0&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Manipur Horror: NDTV Reports From Worst-Hit Places<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/three-hurt-in-japan-train-stabbing-attack-4233459\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Japan has a low murder rate and some of the world&#8217;s toughest gun laws. 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