Three People Injured in Knife Attack During Entrance Exams in Tokyo, Reports Say
06:36 GMT 15.01.2022 (Updated: 06:42 GMT 15.01.2022)
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TOKYO (Sputnik) - Three people were injured in a knife attack during entrance exams to Japan's University of Tokyo, national media reported on Saturday.
According to Japanese broadcaster NHK, citing the local police, a 17-year-old guy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The victims reportedly received cut wounds to the back and were taken to area hospitals.
Several high school students sitting their #university entrance exam in #Tokyo, #Japan wounded in knife attack. 3 people were conscious after being injured. The alleged assailant 17-year old high school student, was arrested say officials. #MIG pic.twitter.com/NkTRKsVV1L
— MEDIA INDIA GROUP (@mediaindiagroup) January 15, 2022
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after three people were injured in a knife attack at the University of Tokyo campus this morning.https://t.co/6eS0acGKjM pic.twitter.com/fknw1Pez3e
— The Japan News (@The_Japan_News) January 15, 2022
Two of them were high school students who came to take the entrance exam that day, the media said. Another victim was a 70-year-old man.
There is reportedly no threat to the lives of the victims. An investigation is underway.
