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A knife-wielding man dressed as the Joker went on a crazed
rampage aboard a Tokyo commuter train Sunday, stabbing at least
17 people and starting a fire before finally being taken into
custody.
The unidentified attacker brandished a knife and began slashing
passengers aboard the crowded Keio train near the Kokuryo
station while wearing the Batman villain’s costume, NHK News
said in a report.
“I thought it was a Halloween stunt,” one witness told
reporters. “Then I saw a man walking this way, slowly waving a
long knife.”
He said the knife was covered in blood.
Passengers scrambled to escape, some climbing through train
windows and others fleeing to other cars, as smoke began to fill
the train after the suspect poured a flammable liquid and set it
on fire, the outlet said.
Police arrested the costumed man, but not before he wounded 17
commuters — at least one now in critical condition.
Authorities did not reveal a motive for the attack, but local
outlets reported that the attacker “wanted to kill people so he
could be sentenced to death.”
The incident marked the second stabbing aboard a train in the
Japanese capital.
In August, one day before closing ceremonies at the Tokyo
Olympic games, a 36-year-old man also stabbed 10 passengers
aboard another commuter train.
In that case, the suspect told police he wanted to attack women
who looked happy.
With Post wires
https://nypost.com/2021/10/31/deranged-man-stabs-10-people- aboard-tokyo-commuter-train/
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