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Following an emergency call of a knife attack on a train, Japanese police officers patrol a train station after a man was arrested at the station in Izumisano, south of Osaka, western Japan, on July 24, 2023. Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Kyodo News via AP
TOKYO—Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested a man on suspicion of slashing three people on a train in western Japan.
The 37-year-old suspect was carrying three knives, including two in each hand, when he was arrested on the platform of Rinku Town station in Osaka, western Japan, immediately after the alleged attack Sunday, according to police in Izumisano City.