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| At least 15 people injured after attack in fire-hit Tokyo metro train, man with knife detained – reports | |
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| Fifteen people were reportedly injured after a fire started on a Tokyo train on Sunday. Following the incident, a man with a knife was arrested and police are investigating whether hydrochloric acid was involved. | Fifteen people were reportedly injured after a fire started on a Tokyo train on Sunday. Following the incident, a man with a knife was arrested and police are investigating whether hydrochloric acid was involved. |
| The suspect doused parts of the train car with an unspecified liquid and set it on fire at around 8pm local time on Sunday, according to Japanese state-owned news organization NHK citing witnesses. | The suspect doused parts of the train car with an unspecified liquid and set it on fire at around 8pm local time on Sunday, according to Japanese state-owned news organization NHK citing witnesses. |
| The crime took place on a moving train in the Tokyo city of Chofu on the Keio train line and the suspect is believed to be in his 20s. | |
| Police are currently investigating whether hydrochloric acid was also used in the incident. | Police are currently investigating whether hydrochloric acid was also used in the incident. |
| The incident took place just two weeks after a 45-year-old man was arrested for stabbing two men at Tokyo's Ueno Station. Both victims were hospitalized and the suspect – who was reportedly “rambling incoherently” and carrying a bloody knife – was soon apprehended by police. |