According to media reports, on October 31, local time, a Japanese man dressed as a Joker in a Batman comic book injured someone and set fire to a train in Tokyo, resulting in at least 17 people being injured, and 1 person is still being rescued.
According to Japanese media reports, the man, disguised as a clown, brandished a knife inside the crowded Keio Line tram and slashed the passengers in the carriage. One witness told reporters: "I thought it was Halloween attire, and then I saw him walking in the direction I was standing, slowly brandishing a long knife with blood on it." ”
After stabbing a 70-year-old man with a knife, the attacker also poured some flammable liquid inside the compartment and lit it on fire, and the smoke quickly filled the entire compartment. The passengers on the tram scrambled to escape, some climbing out of the tram window, and some escaping to other cars.
It is reported that when the police arrived at the scene of the incident, the man was wearing a clown suit, sitting very calmly on a chair in the carriage with his feet crossed and smoking a cigarette. Soon, the police arrested the man. While Japanese police did not disclose the man's motives for attacking passers-by, local media reported that the man said: "I lost my job, I was disgusted by reality, I wanted to complete a massacre, I wanted to know what it was like to be sentenced to death." I thought it was Halloween and there would be a lot of people on the tram, so I chose to kill people on the tram. ”
Screenshot of a man's video after injuring someone
Videos of the man attacking passengers and calmly waiting for police arrest were widely circulated on Japanese social media. Someone said, "Is this man trying to turn the city of Tokyo into Gotham City?" "He really looked like a clown when he was sitting in a chair and smoking." Others angrily said, "What does it feel like to be sentenced to death more than this person wants to die?" If you just want to die, trouble you to commit suicide and don't hurt anyone else. "He said he wanted to be sentenced to death, but in that case he couldn't be sentenced to death." ”
The attacker was arrested by the police
This is the second stabbing incident on the Tokyo Tram in Japan, according to the report. In August, the day before the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, a 36-year-old man also stabbed 10 passengers on a Tokyo tram. The man told police, "I want to attack women who look happy." ”