Japan: at least two people killed by a knife

According to local press, which confirmed the two dead, the alleged perpetrator of the attack, a man of about 50 years old, He died because of the injuries he inflicted.

The girl was attending the sixth grade of a nearby school while the man was 39 years old.

Of the 18 wounded are "a woman of about 40 years and three girls of about six years old"who are suffering serious injuries "especially at the height of the head and the neck", said Takehito Otsubo, deputy director of the hospital where they are being treated.

All will "undergo surgery and will then be transferred to an intensive care unit," he added.

Until the moment the reasons that led the stranger to commit the attack are unknown.

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Attack by weapon in Japan

Japan is one of the least violent countries in the world. But, although these events are very rare, other similar episodes have occurred in recent years.

In 2016, a man killed 19 people and wounded 26 others in a health center in Tokyo. In 2001, in an attack very similar to this morning, 8 children died and 19 were injured when a man badaulted a primary school.

The American president, Donald Trump, which is on the last day of an official visit to this country, expressed solidarity and said the Americans "are with Japan". While visiting a Japanese military ship, the President offered the victims the prayers of the American people and their condolences.