Tokyo [Japan], December 26 (ANI): At least 15 folks have been injured on Friday after a stabbing incident at a manufacturing facility in Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, in keeping with Kyodo News, citing native authorities.
Authorities stated an emergency name was obtained at round 4:30 pm reporting that a number of people had been stabbed at a Yokohama Rubber manufacturing facility in Mishima metropolis. Officials stated all these injured have been acutely aware after they have been discovered.
Police later arrested a 38-year-old man, recognized as Masaki Oyama, on suspicion of tried homicide. His occupation has not been disclosed. Investigators imagine Oyama was linked to the manufacturing facility and have additionally obtained info that he sprayed a liquid resembling bleach whereas sporting a fuel masks, Kyodo News reported.
According to police, Oyama allegedly stabbed a 28-year-old male worker with a bladed weapon at round 4 pm contained in the manufacturing facility. He was subdued by different employees and handed over to regulation enforcement officers.
The native fireplace division stated eight folks suffered stab wounds, whereas seven others might have been affected by publicity to a chemical liquid.
Yokohama Rubber later confirmed that each one 15 injured people have been firm staff, aged between their 20s and 50s. The manufacturing facility, situated about one kilometre from the Mishima metropolis workplace, manufactures automobile tyres and employs round 980 folks as of 2024, in keeping with info on its web site, Kyodo News stated.
While Japan is thought for its low ranges of violent crime, mirrored in a low murder price and strict firearms rules, remoted incidents proceed to happen.
Past instances embody the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, in addition to a capturing and stabbing spree in 2023 that left 4 folks lifeless, together with two law enforcement officials, for which a person was sentenced to demise in October.
More not too long ago, in May, a 43-year-old man was charged with tried homicide following a knife assault at Tokyo’s Toda-mae metro station. (ANI)