Japan: 15 Injured After Stabbing Incident In Mishima, One Arrested | World News

TOKYO: As many as 15 people were injured following a stabbing attack at a factory in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture on Friday, local media reported citing officials. According to them, around 16:30 local time, an emergency call was received reporting that five or six people had been stabbed at the Yokohama Rubber factory in Mishima, Japan’s leading Kyodo News Agency reported.

Police arrested Masaki Oyama (38) on suspicion of attempted murder. Police also received a call that someone had splashed an unspecified liquid around the factory and launched an investigation into the incident. The factory produces car tires and, according to its website, approximately 980 people will work there as of 2024.

According to local media reports, on December 15, police arrested a 30-year-old man in Fukuoka, Japan, for his involvement in one of two stabbings that left a man and a woman working at the event for Japanese female idol group HKT48 with non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspect, Naoya Yamaguchi, a resident of Itoshima in Fukuoka Prefecture, was charged with attempted murder for the attack on the man and admitted committing the crime. According to police, he also stated that he took part in the attack on the woman, Kyodo News reported.

The attacks took place on December 14 at the Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka stadium and the nearby entertainment facility Boss E.Zo Fukuoka, where HKT48 has its own theater for performances. HKT48 is one of the popular AKB48 family of all-girl pop groups and is headquartered in Fukuoka’s Hakata.

One of the victims, an event worker, 44, was stabbed in the chest when he alerted a man police believe to be Yamaguchi, while another victim, a 27-year-old woman visiting the stadium for a live event, was injured in the back.