THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 16, 2022 at 17:55 JST
A police investigator takes images of a bag that is believed to belong to a high school boy arrested after a stabbing spree in Tokyo on the morning of Jan. 15. Bottles for nutritional supplements were discovered nearby. (Yosuke Fukudome)
A high school student arrested after a stabbing spree in Tokyo that injured three people told police he went on the rampage because his grades weren’t up to scratch and his dream of enrolling at an elite national university and becoming a doctor were rapidly fading. [Read More]
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