Man arrested over knife attack on Tokyo train

Tokyo, Aug 8 (IANS) A man has been arrested for injuring 10 passengers in a knife attack on a commuter train in Tokyo, local media reported.Yusuke Tsushima, 36, was charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing a 20-year-old female college student with a knife, causing serious injuries to the back and chest, reports Xinhua news agency. None of the 10 wounded was acquainted with the man.Tsushima has admitted to the assault, telling the police: "I have been wanting to kill happy-looking women for the past six years. Anyone would have been okay." He also said that he chose to commit a crime on a rapid express Odakyu Electric Railway train because passengers were hard to run away.According to the police, he stabbed the woman and injured others in No. 7 car. Then, he failed to start a fire with cooking oil in the No. 8 car. As the train made an emergency halt, Tsushima escaped from a door of the No. 9 car.Tsushima was detained later at a convenience store, police said.In 2015, a man set himself on fire on a shinkansen bullet train, resulting in himself and a female killed as well as 26 other passengers injured. In 2018, a man killed a passenger and injured two others in a knife attack on a bullet train.The Transport Ministry has asked all the railway companies to thoroughly check their surveillance activities through security staff and cameras to ensure safety.
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