Attacker Identified as Japan Mourns Mass Stabbing Victims

A man carrying a knife, screaming “I will kill you!” attacked a group of schoolgirls near a school bus parked at a bus stop just outside Tokyo.
Attacker Identified as Japan Mourns Mass Stabbing Victims
A man pays respects at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a knife attack in Kawasaki, just outside Tokyo on May 28, 2019. Jae C. Hong/Photo via AP
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KAWASAKI, Japan—A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming “I will kill you!” attacked a group of schoolgirls near a school bus parked at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring at least 17 before killing himself, officials said.

Most of the victims were students at a Catholic elementary school who were lined up at the bus stop near Noborito Park in the city of Kawasaki when the man began slashing them with knives. Officials said police captured the attacker but he died at a hospital from a self-inflicted cut in his neck.