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NHK
21-05-2025
- NHK
High school stabbing: Suspect allegedly attacked seated students from behind
A 17-year-old girl in western Japan arrested on suspicion of injuring three classmates with a knife at a correspondence high school is believed to have stabbed them suddenly from behind as they sat in a classroom. Police arrested the suspect at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder at Ozora High School in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Wednesday morning. None of the three reportedly sustained life-threatening wounds. The attack took place during a break, when there were about 20 students in the classroom. NHK has learned from investigative sources that eyewitnesses told police and others that the student attacked her schoolmates one after another without warning. She reportedly didn't chase them when they ran away. A member of the school faculty who went to the scene confiscated the knife from her. She reportedly told police she carried out the attack because she wanted to kill the students and has admitted to the charges against her.
NHK
21-05-2025
- NHK
Female high schooler in Japan arrested after injuring 3 with knife
Police have arrested a female high school student who allegedly used a knife to attack and injure three other students at a correspondence high school in the western prefecture of Hiroshima. The local fire department said it received an alert about the alleged attack at the Ozora High School in Fukuyama City, which took place shortly after 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The police arrested the suspect at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. She told investigators during a questioning she stabbed them because she wanted to kill them. They say the three victims have been transported to hospital, but none have life-threatening injuries.
