Japanese Man Kills Priestess Sister and Wife With Sword – Bizarre Family Feud?

Police tape around Tokyo's largest Shinto shrine which is now a crime scene. A Shinto priestess was stabbed by her younger brother on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, in what may have been a family feud. Reuters/TV Tokyo

TOKYO–A Shinto priestess was killed on the grounds of a famous Tokyo shrine by a man wielding a traditional Japanese sword who then killed another woman before committing suicide, police told media on Friday.

The fatal stabbing happened on Thursday evening, Dec. 7, at Tomioka Hachimangu, one of Tokyo’s largest shrines.