Kawasaki stabbings

The Kawasaki stabbings happened on the morning of 28 May 2019 in the Tama ward of Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, four blocks west of Noborito Station.[3]

Kawasaki stabbings
Location Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates 35°37′19.8″N 139°33′57.7″E / 35.622167°N 139.566028°E / 35.622167; 139.566028
Date 28 May 2019 (2019-05-28)
7:44 a.m. (JST)
Attack type Mass stabbing
Weapon(s) 4 knives
Deaths 3 (including the attacker)[1]
Injured 17
Perpetrator Ryuichi Iwasaki[2]

Two people were murdered,[4] and 17 others were injured after being stabbed at a city bus stop by 51-year-old Ryuichi Iwasaki. After carrying out the attack, he committed suicide by stabbing himself in the neck.[5]

The fatal victims were an 11-year-old student, and a 39-year-old Foreign Ministry employee.[6]

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has sent condolences to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Japanese people after the stabbing.[7]

References

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  2. The Japan Times [1] Archived 2019-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
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  5. (in en) Thirteen schoolgirls among those wounded in Japan stabbing: Kyodo. Reuters. 28 May 2019. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-stabbing-idUSKCN1SX1Z0. Retrieved 28 May 2019. 
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