THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 8, 2021 at 18:39 JST
Yusuke Tsushima, the 36-year-old suspect in an Aug. 6 stabbing spree that injured 10 passengers, leaves the Seijo police station in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward on Aug. 8. (Wataru Sekita)
A 36-year-old man arrested after a stabbing spree on a Tokyo commuter train that left 10 passengers injured told police he felt jilted by unrequited love as a university student, prompting him to eventually harbor thoughts of committing mass murder targeting glamorous women and the men with them. [Read More]
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