Japan Knife Attack: 2 dead, 17 injured in the rampage

Tokyo, Japan: A mass stabbing rampage outside of Tokyo on Tuesday killed a schoolgirl, and the suspected attacker was also dead after turning his knife on himself, according to local media.  Another 17 were injured in the attack.

The accused attacker was seen carrying a knife in each hand and screaming “I will kill you” attacked schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop near Noborito Park in the city of Kawasaki when the man in his 40s or 50s began slashing them with knives.

Masami Arai, an official at the Kawasaki city office, told the AP that 17 people, most of them schoolgirls, were wounded and two others, including the attacker, were believed killed. Arai said three of the injuries were serious and 13 others were not life-threatening.

NHK national television, quoting police, said that the suspect died after cutting himself in the neck. An official confirmation is awaited.

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