14 injured at Japan factory after stabbing, liquid spray attack

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TOKYO – Fourteen people were injured in a stabbing attack in a factory in central Japan during which an unspecified liquid was also sprayed, an emergency services official said on Dec 26.

“Fourteen people are subject to transportation by emergency services,” Mr Tomoharu Sugiyama, a firefighting department official in the city of Mishima, Shizuoka region, said.

He said a call was received at about 4.30pm from a nearby rubber factory saying “five or six people were stabbed by someone”, and that a “spray-like liquid” had also been used.

Japanese media reported a person was already in custody. AFP