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| 19 killed, 45 injured as knife-wielding man goes on rampage at medical facility near Tokyo | 19 killed, 45 injured as knife-wielding man goes on rampage at medical facility near Tokyo |
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| A man was arrested after killing 19 people and injuring 45 others in a stabbing rampage at a facility for the disabled in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo, local media reported, citing authorities. | A man was arrested after killing 19 people and injuring 45 others in a stabbing rampage at a facility for the disabled in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo, local media reported, citing authorities. |
| Twenty of the injured are in critical condition, the national fire department, which also performs emergency medical care, has said. | Twenty of the injured are in critical condition, the national fire department, which also performs emergency medical care, has said. |
| A 26-year-old man was arrested by police after the attack, national broadcaster NHK reported. He was said to be holding a knife. | |
| Police are currently looking into the motive behind the attack, which happened in the city of Sagamihara, just west of Tokyo. | |
| The attack took place at around 2:30 am local time on Tuesday. The knife-wielding man entered the facility from the outside and began attacking people, according to police. | |
| Later, at around 3 am, a man reportedly turned himself in, saying: “I did it,” according to local media. A report by Daily-News.jp said that he was a former employee of the facility. | |
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