Police in Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old Swiss man who was wielding a knife on a train station platform.
According to police, an employee at JR Hosono Station called 110 at around 6:30 a.m. and said there was a man on the platform holding a knife and bleeding, Kyodo News reported.
Police said the man was sitting on the platform with blood coming from his left hand and other parts of his body. When a station employee called out to him, he tried to jump onto the tracks. When the employee tried to stop him, the man took a knife from his backpack.
Station staff subdued the man until police arrived 10 minutes later. The man was arrested on suspicion of violating the Swords and Firearms Control Law. No station staff or passengers were injured.
JR West said two trains on both lines of the JR Gakkentoshi Line were suspended and three trains were delayed by up to 56 minutes.
Editor: Story has been updated with further information.
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DanteKH
We need more details about this?
Was he on drugs? Was he beaten by other person? Did he cut hymself??
What exactly happened there?
garypen
Lots of questions left unanswered. I imagine there will be further information from the authorities, at some point. It will be nice if JT posted a followup, once more info becomes available.
OssanAmerica
Was it a SAK?
nandakandamanda
According to other news sources, he said had slashed his own left arm and wanted to die. They stopped him from jumping onto the tracks, and charged him with violating the swords and firearms law, open carry of a 17 cm kitchen knife in a public place.
Pukey2
Was it a Swiss knife?
Zaphod
Sounds like drugs. But w/o more details we can only speculate.
Nicolò
Are all foreigners in Japan carrying knives? Vaya! God forbid!
Bobby Franks
Pukey2
Cheers!
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@Japan Glimpsed
That's the sort of blithe, nonsensical comment you'd expect from a person worth 150 mil. Anyhow, thanks for sharing.
falseflagsteve
Ruddy hell, what a queer story. Well, the chap sounds very distressed to me and needs immediate professional help.
TokyoLiving
Jail and deport!!!!...
Bret T
Just glad he didn't attack anybody. 6:30am platform probably full of kids and work commuters.
gogogo
Clearly needs some mental health guidance if he wanted to kill himself.
Dan Taylor
Without further details it’s unfair to assume it was drugs. Hopefully he gets the help he needs.
bo
He won't receive much help or sympathy here .Straight to lock up ,confess ,then jail time
grc
The Independent says it was a Japanese man. One is fake news.
nandakandamanda
Most news sources here in Japan seem to agree that it was a man 'with Swiss nationality' who was on a short-stay visa.
toolonggone
You go from one Swiss man "wielding" a knife to worrying about all foreigners in Japan carrying knives? I hope you're being sarcastic.