• Man dressed as the Joker stabs at least 17 people on Tokyo commuter tra

    From Blade or bullet?@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 2 14:08:04 2021
    XPost: japan.soc.crime, alt.activism.death-penalty, talk.politics.guns

    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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