Fifteen people were injured in a stabbing attack in a rubber factory in central Japan on Friday during which an unspecified liquid was also sprayed, emergency officials said.
“All fifteen people were sent to hospital,” said a firefighting department official in the city of Mishima, southwest of Tokyo.
The official, declining to be named, said that of the 15 injuries, eight were the result of stabbing and seven due to the liquid.
Some local media outlets, quoting unnamed sources, said the liquid...
Japan stabbing rampage leaves 15 injured at Yokohama rubber factory
Published 5 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

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