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A man armed with a knife has run amok outside a shopping centre in a Japanese city near Tokyo, killing one person and wounding seven others. | |
Police in Tsuchiura, 50km (31 miles) north-east of the capital, arrested the suspect, who was already wanted over a separate killing last week. | |
The 24-year-old reportedly told them he had "just wanted to kill anyone". | |
Japanese media reported scenes of chaos during Sunday's attack as bloodied victims tried to escape. | |
Correspondents say violent crime is relatively rare in Japan except for killings by crime syndicates, although there have been concerns about a recent rise in street violence. | Correspondents say violent crime is relatively rare in Japan except for killings by crime syndicates, although there have been concerns about a recent rise in street violence. |
Overpowered | |
The suspect, identified as Masahiro Kanagawa, allegedly stabbed his victims in a hallway connecting the mall with a railway station. | |
At least one of the injured was said to be in a serious condition. | |
The man killed was named as 27-year-old Takahiro Yamagami. | |
After the attack, the suspect phoned police to say he was the perpetrator and officers subsequently overpowered him, Japan's Kyodo news agency reports. | |
Police confirmed that they had been searching for Mr Kanagawa since a 72-year-old male resident of Tsuchiura was stabbed to death on Wednesday. | |
Eight police officers had been on duty at the station at the time of the mall attack, and police issued an apology for failing to prevent it. | |
"It was extremely regrettable that we could not prevent the attacks that caused casualties, despite our utmost effort to avoid secondary crimes [by the wanted suspect]," police official Takashi Ishii was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. |
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