Japan Police Arrest Knife-Wielding Woman Inside Train After 4 People Are Reported Injured

Japan Police Arrest Knife-Wielding Woman Inside Train After 4 People Are Reported Injured
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TOKYO—Police arrested a woman who wielded a knife and injured four passengers inside a train that stopped at Tokyo’s electronic town of Akihabara late Wednesday, Japanese media reported.

Police rushed to the scene after a report that a woman was brandishing a knife while the train stopped at the Akihabara station, where four people were injured and taken to a hospital, NHK public television reported.