On the 31st, a suspect who was arrested in an incident in which 17 people were injured when passengers were cut off on a train running in Chofu City, Tokyo, stated that he "purchased a knife online in advance". I found out that there is.
It is suspected that he had purchased a large amount of oil that was supposed to have been used for arson, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details.
On the night of the 31st, a 72-year-old passenger man was stabbed by a knife in a car on the Keio Line running in Chofu City, Tokyo, and became unconscious. 16 people were injured, including.
Kyota Hattori, a 24-year-old man of unknown occupation who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, is suspected of stabbed a man sitting in his seat and then sprinkled lighter oil on the fire while moving inside the car. about it.
According to an interview with an investigative official, he stated that he had stated that he had bought a knife online in advance because he wanted to kill a large number of people and be sentenced to death.
In addition, it seems that he bought 10 cans of oil for lighters, put them in large PET bottles, and carried them around.
Hattori is from Fukuoka City, and after quitting his job in June, he had been staying at a business hotel in Hachioji City, Tokyo for about a month, so the Metropolitan Police Department prepared in a planned manner. I am investigating that there is a suspicion that I was proceeding with.