The incident came about, authorities say, at round 8 p.m. (7 a.m. ET) on a prepare on the Keio railway line, NHK reported.
The prepare was working close to Kokuryo Station, within the metropolis of Chofu, west of Tokyo.
The suspect was additionally reported to have scattered cigarette lighter fluid within the prepare automotive, which he then set ablaze.
At the least 17 folks had been injured, NHK reported citing police. One of many victims, a person in his 60s, is significantly injured and unconscious, the broadcaster added.
Police stated a person in his 20s, carrying a knife, has been taken into custody, in accordance with NHK.
The prepare operator stated in a tweet that the prepare’s operation has been stopped as a result of incident.
In August, 10 passengers on a prepare in Tokyo had been stabbed by a person with a knife, in accordance with the Tokyo Fireplace Division. The suspect later turned himself in at a comfort retailer, NHK reported on the time. Tokyo Metropolitan Police stated the person confessed that he “simply wished to kill any girls who seemed glad, anybody,” NHK reported.
And in June 2008, a person in a lightweight truck drove right into a crowd in Tokyo’s well-liked Akihabara district after which jumped out of the car and began stabbing pedestrians, killing seven folks.
Japan — a rustic thought-about one of many most secure on this planet — strictly regulates weapons. It is unlawful for folks to hold a pocket knife, craft knife, searching knife or field cutter in public, in accordance with the US State Division.
CNN’s Yoko Wakatsuki and Miki Lendon contributed reporting.
