On the night of the 31st, a man cut a knife into the passengers around him on the Keio Line running in Chofu City, Tokyo, and then sprinkled oil for a lighter and set it on fire.
Seventeen people were injured, one of whom was unconscious, and the Metropolitan Police Department arrested a 24-year-old suspect on suspicion of attempted murder and is investigating the situation in detail.
In response to the investigation, he stated that he wanted to kill a person and be sentenced to death.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, a man swung a knife around 8 pm on the Keio Line, which was running near Kokuryo Station in Chofu City, Tokyo, and cut it to the passengers around him.
In addition, the lighter oil was sprinkled on the fire, and a large flame broke out in the vicinity of car No. 5, the sixth car from the beginning, and a part of the seat was burnt.
The train was an upbound limited express train bound for Shinjuku, which made an emergency stop at Kokuryo Station, which originally did not stop, and passengers got off at the platform and evacuated.
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested an unemployed Kyota Hattori (24) at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder.
According to an investigative official, he said to the investigation, "I wanted to kill a person and be sentenced to death. I thought that if I killed two or more people, I would be sentenced to death. I referred to the incident on the Odakyu Line in August." It means that you are doing it.
Hattori was wearing a green shirt, tie, and a bluish suit and coat-like clothes, and the police officer who rushed to him told him to "throw away the knife" and obediently obeyed.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, 17 people were injured, and a man in his 70s was stabbed with a knife and was unconscious.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the detailed situation at that time.
Incidents on the train
There have been a series of incidents in which passengers are indiscriminately attacked on a moving train.
In 2018, three men and women were cut and one man died on the Tokaido Shinkansen train running in Kanagawa prefecture.
Furthermore, in August, passengers were cut with a knife inside the Odakyu Line, which was running in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, and 10 people were seriously injured.
In response to a series of incidents, railway companies are strengthening measures such as introducing security cameras that monitor the inside of trains and increasing the frequency of patrols.
However, it is practically difficult to inspect passengers' baggage, and the reality is that even if you bring a knife into the car, you cannot check it.