- 36-year-old Yusuke Tsushima told investigators that he planned to kill “women who looked happy.”
- After repeatedly stabbing a female college student on the train, Tsushima was charged with attempted murder.
- Nine other passengers-five women and four men-were injured in the mass stabbing incident.
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According to Japanese media reports, a man accused of rampaging with a knife on a Tokyo train told investigators that he wanted to kill “women who looked happy.”
According to a report Daily newsYusuke Tsushima, 36, was charged with attempted murder on Sunday. Tsushima is currently accused by the Japanese authorities of rampaging on a train of Odakyu Electric Railway on Friday, August 6, and seriously injuring a 20-year-old female college student.
The college student was stabbed multiple times in the chest and back. According to the Daily News, another 9 people were injured, including 5 women and 4 men, but no deaths were reported.
Video clip The attack published by the “Daily News” showed panicked passengers walking around in the train carriage while a woman screamed for help.
The large-scale stabbing occurred at around 8:30 pm on a 10-car train bound for the shopping district of Shinjuku. Kyodo NewsThe news outlet pointed out that there were about 400 passengers on the train, which traverses a busy route in western Tokyo.
Kyodo News also reported that Tsushima had already admitted his role in the attack and told investigators in a taped statement that he wanted to “kill couples and women who seemed to be happy” because he was unlucky in his relationship. She was ridiculed at social gatherings and repeatedly rejected. On the dating site. According to Kyodo News, he also told investigators that he chose to carry out the so-called attack on the train because there was “no room to escape.”
according to Asahi Shimbun, Tsushima also poured cooking oil on the floor of the carriage, but failed to ignite it. The train then stopped in front of Soshigaya-Okura Station, where an ambulance took the injured passengers to the hospital.
Tsushima successfully escaped the scene of the attack Japan Times, But four hours later, early on Saturday morning, he was arrested when he appeared at a convenience store in the residential Suginami district.
The news media reported that Tsushima told a store employee: “I am a suspect in the incident reported by the news media. I am tired of running away.”
There have been many large-scale attacks on Tokyo trains.
In 2015, A 71-year-old man poured fuel on a bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka and set himself on fire, A female passenger was killed and 26 people were injured. And in June 2018, A 22-year-old man involved in the fatal stabbing incident killed one passenger and injured two others on a bullet train that transported about 800 passengers from Tokyo to Osaka late at night.
Attacks against women and girls have also occurred in Tokyo. Kyodo News A tragic incident was reported in May 2019. A 51-year-old man stabbed 16 female students and two adults waiting for the school bus.
