Crime Eight students injured in hammer attack at Hosei University in Machida

[thomas]

Wow, after this attack and the Todai stabbings, are we going to get security checks at Japanese universities?

Eight students were injured in a hammer attack at a Tokyo university on Friday, but none required hospitalization. A 22-year-old South Korean student was arrested at the scene on suspicion of assault. According to reports, the attack was allegedly motivated by frustration over bullying. Witnesses described the attacker suddenly beginning to swing the hammer in the classroom. The university is cooperating with police in their investigation.

The eight who were hurt received medical treatment and ended up requiring no hospitalisation, Hosei University said in a statement late on Friday. "We will cooperate with police investigations and care for students and faculty shocked by the incident," the institution said, adding efforts would be made to "ensure campus safety". Violent crimes are rare in Japan due in part to strict gun control. But there are occasional stabbings and shootings, including the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun in 2022. In December, a junior high school student was stabbed to death and another wounded at a McDonald's outlet in south-western Japan. A man was later arrested over the attack. In January 2022, three people were stabbed outside the prestigious University of Tokyo before nationwide college entrance exams.

Hammer attack injures eight students at Tokyo university

Japanese police say 22-year-old woman arrested as witness describes panic after attacker ‘all of a sudden’ began swinging hammer in classroom

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[Mikawa Ossan]

I wonder if she was motivated by bullying, whether she struck out at those who did the bullying or other random classmates. If she struck back at her tormenters, then sadly no one is truly innocent in this incident.

 

[musicisgood]

Frustration is happening all over the world these days. Just terrible. Now New York once again has the Guardian Angeles on the subways.