According to the Japanese media, the attacker disguised as Joker, a character from the Batman series, apparently started a fire in one of the wagons with the help of flammable material and poured an unknown liquid inside. Police were checking for hydrochloric acid. A source from the police but the agency Kyoto he later confirmed that it was not acid.
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The attack took place on a train on the Keio line, which connects the Shinjuku district with the suburbs in the western part of the metropolis. According to the Japanese media, a 24-year-old man was arrested at the scene, and the police accused him of attempted murder.
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The incident caused panic among the passengers as thick smoke billowed from the car. The train stopped at a station where passengers were trying en masse to get out. Paramedics treated seventeen people, and an elderly man was transported to the hospital, who lost consciousness after being stabbed, his condition is critical. The condition of several other people is serious. Most of the passengers suffered minor injuries, including inhalation of smoke, said Tokyo police.
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One of the videos posted on Twitter shows crowds of people pushing out of the car, where a flame ignites a few seconds later. In another video, passengers pushed out the windows of the car to the platform where the train had stopped in an emergency.
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“I thought it was a Halloween joke. But then I saw a man approaching us and slowly waving a long knife, “one of the eyewitnesses told Jomiuri Shimbun. Many of the passengers traveled in costumes, heading to popular Halloween celebrations.
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Moments of panic were experienced in the Tokyo subway when a subject attacked passengers by throwing acid. Several injuries are reported.
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According to the Kyoto Agency, the fire spread from a seat in the fifth car of the train, which stopped in an emergency at Kokuryo Station. “I heard a loud bang and saw flames and smoke in the back of the car. Everyone panicked, “another witness told the agency.
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After stopping the set at the station, the police were to enter the wagon, where the twenty-four-year-old suspect was moving. According to the Japanese media, he did not resist the arrest. According to local media, he told police that he “wanted to kill so that he could be sentenced to death.”
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