A 15-year-old female junior high school student has died after she and a boy were stabbed Saturday at a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture in southwest Japan, according to local police.
The assailant, a man around 40 years old and about 170 centimeters tall, is on the run after the incident, the police said Sunday.
The injured boy, who is in the same grade at the same school as the girl, said they were "stabbed by a complete stranger." The girl, Saya Nakashima, died late Saturday in hospital. The boy's injury is not life-threatening, police said.
According to the police, the man was wearing a gray top, black pants and what appeared to be yellow footwear. It remains unclear whether he had any connection to the slain girl.
The police said security camera footage showed the man stabbed the two students within a minute of entering the restaurant as they were waiting in line at the cash register at around 8:30 p.m. He remained silent during the attack.
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The_Beagle
Aooarently Saaya was stabbed in the abdomen, while her schoolmate was stabbed in the lower back and remains in hospital.
Ricky Kaminski13
Oh my lord, what an absolute tragedy. When evil sets in. RIP young lady. This walking ghoul did his worst. Revenge against the very fabric of existence, taking a young life down with him. Evil.
Brian Wheway
This loon needs to be caught as quickly as possible!!!
Brian Wheway
Poor, poor girl and boy, what a tragedy, rip and I hope the boy makes a full recovery
Zaphod
If it was in a MacD, there should be plenty of camera footage. I hope they find the perp soon.
WoodyLee
This is really sad and disturbing , just before the holidays this young life was ended in a matter of minute by a loner who should be caught and removed from society forever.
I pray for the family of these two kids, RIP Saya.
smithinjapan
Horrible. There's a good reason why I'm always wary of people standing or moving behind me on train platforms and in line-ups. Someone literally 20 minutes ago told me about how "Japan is safety country (sic)", but it doesn't seem any different from anywhere else when little kids can't stand in a line at McD's without being stabbed to death.