A man dressed as the Joker attempted to set fire to a Tokyo train, stabbed 17
Tokyo police have arrested a knife wielding man thought to be in his 20s after he lit a fire on a Keio Line train near Kokuryo Station in Tokyo, injuring at least ten people.
The railway operator, Keio Corporation, said the conductor of the special express train bound for Shinjuku informed the company that a man on the train was wielding a knife.
The train made an emergency stop at Kokuryo Station to evacuate the passengers.
Video on twitter: People fleeing due to a fire on the Keio Line
Japan has tight gun control, but multiple knife mass stabbings or killings have been reported in the last decade as knives become a weapon of choice. The most recent incident was in August 2021, when a passenger stabbed 10 passengers.