TOKYO — A person was arrested after stabbing eight folks and injuring seven others with what was believed to be bleach at a rubber manufacturing facility in central Japan on Friday, officers stated.
Eight folks have been taken to hospitals after being stabbed by the person with a knife on the Yokohama Rubber Firm within the metropolis of Mishima, within the Shizuoka prefecture, west of Tokyo, in response to the Fujisan Nanto Hearth Division.
The division instructed The Related Press that 5 of the individuals who have been stabbed have been in critical situation however different particulars weren’t obtainable.
Shizuoka prefectural police stated the attacker, a 38-year-old man, was arrested for alleged tried homicide on the manufacturing facility, however didn’t give additional particulars.
Seven others have been additionally injured by the bleach thrown at them in the course of the assault, the hearth division stated.
No different particulars have been instantly identified.
