On the 6th of this month, a passenger was cut in a car running in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, and 10 people, including a 20-year-old female university student, were seriously injured.
Yusuke Sakuma (36), who was arrested, said that he wanted to kill him when he saw a happy person, and it is believed that he cut it indiscriminately.
It's been a week since the incident, but people who use the train are saying, "I might be hurt myself" and "I'm afraid to get on the train."
Men in their 40s
It is a testimony of a man in his 40s who was on the train where the incident occurred.
"It feels like a person is rushing from the car in front of me while saying" Kya "or" Wow ". I saw a knife in the back."
At that time, the inside of the car was in a panic state.
The man ran away from the suspect wielding a knife and fell and was injured.
"I was just trying to escape. I thought I might die."
After the incident, the man suddenly remembered
what happened
at that time, and his mental influence continues.
"When I was alone in the room, I started to notice a small noise. I know that no one comes in because I lock it, but there are moments when I'm surprised. I don't care. I want to think that the day will come, but I don't know. "
Voices of anxiety on SNS
Voices of anxiety about getting on the train are spreading on SNS, especially among young women.
"Besides taking a nap. Do I always have to get on with a sense of tension?" "I really hate the situation where I can't get on the train with peace of mind." The
number of station users around the scene of the incident reaches hundreds of thousands a day.
A woman who uses the same route said, "I'm scared to think that it's okay to happen to me at any time."
Another man said, "I used to look at my cell phone in the car, but I'm worried, so I look around with suspicion."
A woman who has begun to take measures to protect herself
Some people voluntarily take measures to protect themselves.
A 26-year-old woman who commute by train every day has come to think of a place to sit in the car.
The woman says, "I've started to go to vehicles with few people, such as sitting on the window side or near the entrance."
Furthermore, in case of emergency, I decided to buy security goods on the Internet, thinking about whether I could protect myself by putting the water bottle I always carry in a bag and swinging it around.
The woman said, "It's okay if the same thing happens again and it may fall on me. I'm scared to think that I'll be killed. I feel I have to do what I can." ..
Countermeasures Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism disseminates "emergency notification device"
In response to the incident, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is considering future measures by listening to stories from Odakyu Electric Railway.
At the time of the incident, passengers pressed the button of the "emergency notification device" installed in the car to notify the occurrence of an emergency, and the conductor noticed an abnormality and stopped urgently, but by this time multiple passengers were already damaged. It is believed that they had been encountered, and the issue is how quickly they can identify the anomaly.
Although this "emergency notification device" is obliged to be installed in the vehicle by ministerial ordinance, it is not well known to passengers, and there is a risk that it will not be used or its use will be delayed in an emergency, so the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has taken measures. I need it.
This time, there are four Odakyu Electric Railway trains per car, and emergency notification device buttons are installed next to the door and in front of and behind the vehicle, but the installation locations often differ depending on the railway company. It means that there is no sex.
For this reason, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has decided to ask railway operators to take measures so that passengers can use it without hesitation in the event of an abnormality, after making the location of the reporting device easy to understand and making it known through in-car announcements.
Specializing in crisis management, Isao Itabashi, director of the Research Center of the Public Policy Research Council, said, "Raising awareness of each passenger for any changes in their surroundings will lead to the deterrence of crimes inside railway cars, which are closed rooms. By making people aware that there is a reporting device in the car, not only deterrence but also the response to an incident will be accelerated and the damage will be reduced. "
What is an "emergency notification device"?
As a general rule, "emergency notification devices" are required to be installed on all trains of trains with three or more cars.
On the other hand, specific specifications such as the location and number of installations have not been decided, and each company has different specifications.
Many railroads running in the metropolitan area are often installed in front of and behind each car, near doors, etc., and after pressing a button, a loud ringing tone sounds and then you can talk to the conductor in the rear car. , Judging the urgency based on the content of the call, and deciding whether to go to the nearest station or disembark passengers on the spot.
Railway companies say, "In an emergency, don't hesitate to press the button and calm down and tell what is happening."
In addition, some emergency call devices cannot make calls if they are old types and only notify the abnormality with a buzzer. In that case, we want the conductor to wait for confirmation.
"Emergency call device" "I don't know" voice
Some people who use the railroad on a daily basis do not know that there is an "emergency notification device" in the train, and they do not know where it is installed.
A 27-year-old woman said, "I'm scared because I don't think I can do anything in the event of an incident like this. I may have heard of the reporting device in the car, but I don't know where it is installed." I was talking.
A 34-year-old man with two children said, "I heard the incident in the news and thought that I had to cooperate with the people around me to escape. I didn't know that there was a reporting device in the car, so it was time for me. I want the railway company to know a little more so that I can press the button at that time. "
A 43-year-old woman also said, "I didn't know the reporting device in the car. I didn't even notice it when I was on the train."