On the evening of the 31st, a man dressed as the "Batman" villain "Joker" in Tokyo, Japan, committed a knife attack, resulting in 17 injuries!
He also set fire to subway cars.
- The 24-year-old man, dressed in the costume of the villainous character "Joker" in "Batman", attacked passengers in a subway car in Tokyo on Sunday night, according to media reports. The latest news claimed to have injured 17 people while many were traveling downtown for a Halloween party.
According to media reports, the police arrested the suspect on the spot. A man in his 60s was unconscious after being stabbed and in dire condition.
Video taken by witnesses showed the attackers sprinkling flammable liquid around the train and setting it on fire. A video shows a train car catching fire before people flee the train.
Another video showed passengers fleeing from their windows to the platform, and many questioned why subway managers didn't open the doors and platform doors in an emergency.
One witness told the Yomiuri Shimbun: "I thought it was a Halloween gimmick. He saw many passengers fleeing in panic toward the other carriages: "Later I saw a man walking toward this side, slowly brandishing a long knife. ”
Another video shows a bespectacled man, wearing a "clown" purple suit and a bright green shirt, sitting on an empty train smoking a cigarette, with his legs crossed, looking calm. In a subsequent video, he can be seen surrounded by law enforcement officers.
Local media later reported that the suspect told authorities he "wanted to kill so he could be sentenced to death."
According to Japanese media reports, the attack occurred around 8 p.m. on the Keio Expressway line to the world's busiest Shinjuku railway station.