An elementary school girl and a man in his 30s have been pronounced dead after a stabbing rampage close to Japan's capital city of Tokyo on Tuesday morning, which also saw the suspect die of a self-inflicted injury, local police said.
Fifteen other school girls were injured in the mass knife attack, which is believed to have been carried out by a man in his 40s or 50s who was taken into custody but later died as a result of a self-inflicted knife wound to his neck, according to the police.
Local police said that among those injured in the frenzied attack, two girls and a woman in her 40s are currently being treated for serious injuries.
The local fire department was alerted to the incident, which took place in a residential area near Noborito Station in Kawasaki City, which lies to the west of Tokyo, at around 7:45 am local time.
