2024-02-25 06:19:46
A man in his 40s was stabbed to death at a convenience store in Japan’s Sapporo city on Sunday. Two others were also injured in the incident, while the suspect was arrested at the crime spot.
A Seicomart convenience store employee in the regional capital Sapporo told local police a man was behaving aggressively with something looking like a kitchen knife before 7 am, according to the NHK broadcaster.
Three employees in their 40s to 60s were stabbed and injured, with the man in his 40s taken to the hospital where he later died.
Two others, a man and a woman, remained conscious, NHK said, citing police.
An unemployed 43-year-old local was arrested on the spot on suspicion of attempted murder, NHK added.
In January, three men were injured in a stabbing incident in Akihabara tourism hotspot in Tokyo but public violence remains low in Japan.
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