THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 8, 2021 at 18:39 JST
Passengers disembark from the Odakyu Electric Railway Co. train near Soshigaya-Okura Station in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward after it made an emergency stop on Aug. 6. (Provided by a passenger)
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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