Ten injured in Tokyo train stabbing

At least 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo were stabbed on Friday (06 Aug).

Nine out of the ten injured passengers were taken to nearby hospitals, while the 10th was able to walk away, said the Tokyo Fire Department.

The attack took place on an evening train in Setagaya ward, in the west of the city.

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The site is several kilometers from the venue of Olympic equestrian events.

According to NHK public television, the suspect left his knife behind as he fled and later gave himself up at a convenience store.

The suspect, in his late 20s, was taken away by the police after he turned himself in at a nearby convenience store, telling the manager he was the perpetrator of the attack.

A train station staff member stands near passengers at the site where a stabbing incident occurred on a train, at the Soshigaya-Okura station of the Odakyu Electric Railway in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo [Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters]