Osaka Apartment Complex Knife Attack: Police Intervene, Suspect Arrested

2023-11-13 05:01:53

According to the police, at around 6 a.m. on the 13th, a resident of an apartment complex in Suminoe Ward, Osaka, reported that they were hearing yelling coming from an upper floor.

When police arrived at the scene, they found a man who appeared to be in his 50s in the hallway holding two knives in each hand.

After that, the suspect came outside and approached the police, so the police officer warned him and fired one shot into the air to intimidate him, then fired a second shot at the man. .

The second bullet hit him in the side, and the man was arrested on the spot on suspicion of violating the Firearms Act and taken to the hospital. It means that there is consciousness.

A woman in her 70s was found with head injuries in a room near the hallway where the man had been.

The woman was taken to the hospital and was conscious, saying, “I was attacked by a man when I was returning to my room following taking out the garbage.”

Police believe the woman was slashed by a man with a kitchen knife and are investigating the details of the incident.

The site is located approximately 150 meters south of Osaka Metro’s Nankoguchi Station, in an area dotted with residences and factories.

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