At least 17 injured in knife attack and fire on Tokyo subway crowded with Halloween revelers

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Source: Washington Post

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At least 17 injured in knife attack and fire on Tokyo subway crowded with Halloween revelers



Train passengers escaping through windows after a knife-wielding man set a fire on the Tokyo subway on Oct. 31, 2021. (@siz33/Twitter/Reuters)

By Miriam Berger
Today at 12:39 p.m. EDT

A knife-wielding man rampaged through a Tokyo metro train on Sunday, setting a fire and injuring at least 17 passengers as commuters headed into the city center for Halloween festivities, Japan’s NHK public television reported. Police have made an arrest.

Police said that the assailant wore a “character outfit” that could have resembled a Halloween costume or a comic book character and that no motive for the attack was immediately discernible, Kyodo News reported.

A man in his 20s was arrested at the scene.

At least one person, a man in his 60s or 70s, was stabbed and is in serious condition, according to Japanese media. It was not clear how many people were injured by the knife, the fire or the resulting chaos as passengers fled the scene. The express train on the Keio Line made an emergency stop so people could disembark.

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By Miriam Berger
Miriam Berger is a staff writer reporting on foreign news for The Washington Post from Washington, D.C. Before joining The Post in 2019 she was based in Jerusalem and Cairo and freelance reported around the Middle East, as well as parts of Africa and Central Asia. Twitter https://twitter.com/MiriamABerger

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Hat tip, CBS radio news, heard on WTOP

[AZLD4Candidate]

1. Cue the ban knives argument in 5,4,3,2,1

Now imagine would would have happened if the guy had an AR15.

[maxsolomon]

3. "If he didn't have a gun he'd just use another weapon"

Right. He didn't. No one is dead.

Speedy recovery hopes to the victims.

[Aristus]

2. No gun; none dead.

n/t

[mahina]

4. Aloha e (((Japan)))

Safest country, good folks. Peace to you.

[jcmaine72]

5. If this occurred in Anywhere, USA, the perp probably would have been armed with an AR-15...

...resulting in dozens of deaths. But what the hey! Thanks to the 2nd Amendment, we're the greatest, freest country in the world, at least according to the NRA, right? We do everything bigger and better here.

USA! USA! USA!

[MustLoveBeagles]

6. Some jackass had to ruin everyone's day

I wish all the victims a speedy recovery.

[YoshidaYui]

7. HALLOWEEN or Harouin is a very recent and new Holiday for Japan

it has only recently been introduced.