TEHRAN, Jun 16 -A Japanese police officer was stabbed several times in the chest with a kitchen knife and his loaded handgun stolen while on patrol on Sunday morning in the western city of Suita, in a rare case of violent crime in Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -The attack, which police believe may have been pre-meditated, sparked a manhunt with police using loudspeakers at a railway station to warn people to be on alert.
The stabbing comes two weeks before Japan hosts a leaders’ summit of the Group of 20 major economies in the neighboring city of Osaka. It also follows an incident last month in which a knife-wielding middle-aged man killed a girl and an adult, injuring another 17 people near Tokyo.
Violent crime is relatively rare in Japan but occasional high-profile incidents have shocked the nation.
“It’s scary that handgun was stolen. I want this to be resolved quickly,” a male neighbor said.
“A kindergarten’s open day was canceled due to this incident. My kids cannot go out. It’s scary,” another man said.
The attack, which police believe may have been pre-meditated, sparked a manhunt with police using loudspeakers at a railway station to warn people to be on alert.
The stabbing comes two weeks before Japan hosts a leaders’ summit of the Group of 20 major economies in the neighboring city of Osaka. It also follows an incident last month in which a knife-wielding middle-aged man killed a girl and an adult, injuring another 17 people near Tokyo.
Violent crime is relatively rare in Japan but occasional high-profile incidents have shocked the nation.
“It’s scary that handgun was stolen. I want this to be resolved quickly,” a male neighbor said.
“A kindergarten’s open day was canceled due to this incident. My kids cannot go out. It’s scary,” another man said.
Source: reuters
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