Three people are injured in a knife attack on a train in western Japan, with police saying they have arrested a man for allegedly carrying out the stabbings
Violent crime is rare in Japan, which has a low murder rate and some of the world's toughest gun laws. / Photo: AFP
The victims - a train conductor in his 20s and two male passengers aged in their 20s and 70s - were taken to hospital on Sunday with non-life threatening injuries, Tetsuya Sakagami from a nearby fire department told AFP. He was arrested for attempted murder and has already admitted to carrying out the attack on Sunday morning, police said, adding they were still investigating the motive.
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