On the 19th, a male junior high school student was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder at a shopping center in Nemuro City, Hokkaido, for slashing a female clerk with a knife. I found out by interviewing the people concerned.

The police are investigating the detailed motivation, etc., because the boys stated that they were "muffled" in response to the investigation.

On the afternoon of the 19th, at a shopping center in Tokiwa-cho, Nemuro City, a female clerk in her 50s on the second floor was severely injured when her neck was cut with a kitchen knife, and a 14-year-old male junior high school student was suspected of attempted murder. I was arrested.



The victim's woman was treated at the hospital and was conscious, but it was found by interviewing investigators that there were more than 10 cuts on her neck and other parts.



According to the investigators, the boys have stated that they were "muffled" in response to the investigation.



Also, when he was secured, he had a knife with a blade length of about 15 cm.



The police are investigating the detailed motivation, assuming that the boy student suddenly cut a female clerk who he did not know, based on the situation at the scene.