A 17-year-old teenager in Japan slashed and injured 3 people outside the college entrance examination: he claimed that he was not studying well and wanted to commit a crime and ask for death

Source: Overseas Network

Three Japanese 17-year-olds were slashed and injured outside the college entrance examination hall

Overseas network on January 15, according to japan's kyodo network reported on the 15th, at about 8:30 a.m. on the first day of the Japanese university entrance examination, a 17-year-old high school student outside the examination hall of the University of Tokyo in Japan randomly cut people with a knife, resulting in 3 injuries. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department revealed that the juvenile offender claimed to be trying to die because of his poor studies.

According to reports, on the 15th, on the sidewalk in front of the University of Tokyo in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, a 17-year-old high school girl and an 18-year-old high school boy who were preparing to take the university entrance examination, and a 72-year-old man were slashed in the back with a knife. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested a 17-year-old sophomore on suspicion of attempted homicide.

According to the juvenile's confession, he did not know the 3 people who were slashed, and because his studies were not smooth, he wanted to commit a crime and die. A blood-stained knife was found at the crime scene, and the teenager said that he had brought it out of his home. In addition, he said that he set fire to a station near the University of Tokyo before the crime.

The Tokyo Fire Department and Tokyo Metro corporation said that at about 8:30 a.m., they received an alarm that there were wood chips burning in Todaimae Station on the Subway Namboku Line, and the fire was extinguished after 1 hour. Station staff also found firecrackers and flammables near the ticket gate of Dongda-mae Station. There were no reports of injuries at the station, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating whether there is a connection between the two incidents. (Overseas Network Wang Xiaoyu)