Police in Sapporo said Monday they have arrested a 31-year-old woman for slashing two people at random on the street.
According to police, the woman slashed a man and a woman in two separate incidents on Sunday night. NTV reported that the first incident occurred at around 8:20 p.m. in Chuo Ward, when an 18-year-old woman was attacked. A few minutes later, a 19-year-old man was slashed a couple of blocks away.
Police said both victims were taken to hospital to be treated for knife wounds.
Police said they followed a trail of blood into the lobby of a building where they found the suspect with a blood-stained knife. NTV quoted police as saying the woman has been making incoherent remarks and said she bought the knife to cut fruit.
© Japan Today
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Abhorsenaube
Was she suppose to be taking medication and stopped? Or took something she wasn't suppose to take? I hope the two people slashed recover quickly.
khulifi
31 Old ...!!!
some14some
and she cut fruity girls 18 & 19 :(
Disillusioned
We haven't had one of these kinds of incidents for a little while, well not for a month or two. I think the last one was a few months ago with the loon stating, "he wanted to see what it was like to kill someone." There just seems to be no shortage of whackos!
CrazyJoe
"Crazy is as crazy does."
FightingViking
@CrazyJoe
Well if anyone knows, it must be YOU !
WA4TKG
I think this may be the result of pent up sexual frustration; to the extreme. It works both ways.
ACrowe
Every time these kinds of attacks happen in Japan--and fortunately they are rare--one of the first things that comes to my mind is "Imagine how many people would have been injured or killed if the assailant had been armed with more than a knife."
kaimycahl
she bought the knife to cut fruit! Wow she is a looney she was cutting fruit off the wrong limbs people are not trees what a 31 yo nut case
TrevorPeace1
What was she on? And what part of town? I'm going to be there in four weeks. EEEK!
JoeBigs
Insanity drives people to do crazy things.
Brian Wheway
This woman is not running on all 6 cylinders is she? there is something troubling this woman and doctors need to get to the bottom of it.
oldman_13
What was that about declining crime in Japan?
Tell that to the victims of this mad slasher.
Nessie
At least she's an equal-opportunity slasher when it comes to gender, and doesn't only go after young women like the typical slasher.
Anyone know where this was? A friend told me there was some commotion at a Lawson near her place. Cop carpalooza, and an ambulance. The Lawson was shut does for a few hours, and all the staff would say later was that everyone was okay.
nath
It's mavelous changing the knife uses fr om fruit cutting to attacking
Wakarimasen
first blush I thought this read "slashing on"....... Phew!!
Mirai Hayashi
So many mentally ill
WilliB
Dappo herbs again?