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Knifeman kills two in Guam attack | |
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A man wielding a knife has killed at least two Japanese tourists and injured 11 in the US Pacific territory of Guam, officials say. | |
They say the suspect crashed his car at a shop in the Outrigger Guam Resort before starting to stab bystanders. | They say the suspect crashed his car at a shop in the Outrigger Guam Resort before starting to stab bystanders. |
"He was just running back and forth stabbing people," one eyewitness was quoted as saying by the AP news agency. | |
The motive of the attack was not immediately clear and the 21-year-old man has been arrested. | |
Earlier reports quoted Guam police as saying that three people were killed, but they have since said that there were two fatalities. | |
The suspect has been charged with two counts of murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault, a police spokesman said. | |
Yoshihide Suga, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, has confirmed the deaths of the two Japanese tourists. Kyodo news agency said they were both women. | |
"We are shocked and grieving with the families of those who were injured and who died," Guam Governor Eddie Calvo said in a statement. | |
A woman at a nearby cafe said she first saw a car hitting a shop and then the driver getting out and starting attacking people around him. | |
"He started stabbing someone, and I started freaking out," Ashley Quichocho told Guam's Pacific Daily News newspaper. | "He started stabbing someone, and I started freaking out," Ashley Quichocho told Guam's Pacific Daily News newspaper. |
She added that she then ran to a nearby hotel to hide from the attacker. | She added that she then ran to a nearby hotel to hide from the attacker. |
Visitors from Japan are the mainstay of Guam's tourist industry. | Visitors from Japan are the mainstay of Guam's tourist industry. |