19 injured, including children, in Japan stabbing attack


The attack occurred at a park not far from a local train station, local media said.PHOTOS: OPINPIN503/TWITTER.

TOKYO (AFP): A mass stabbing attack in the Japanese city of Kawasaki on Tuesday (May 28) injured at least 19 people, among them one person left with “no vital signs”, the local fire department said.

“The number of injured people is now 19, including one who is seriously injured and now shows no vital signs,” Kawasaki Fire Department spokesman Keiichi Hayakawa told Agence France-Presse.

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