Man, 24, dressed as the Joker STABS 10 people in Tokyo train rampage before 'spraying acid on passengers' and setting the carriage on fire - then calmly smokes a cigarette before police arrest him


A man who was dressed as Batman villain the Joker has been arrested after allegedly stabbing 10 people onboard a Tokyo commuter train.

Witnesses described how the attacker also poured what is believed to have been oil around the carriage before lighting it on fire, causing panic among passengers.

It was also reported hydrochloric acid was thrown during the attack, which occurred on the Keio express line bound for Shinjuku, the world's busiest rail station.

The Tokyo Fire Department said 17 passengers were injured, including three seriously.

Not all of them were stabbed and most of the injuries were not serious, officials added.

A man believed to be in his 60s was unconscious and in critical condition after being stabbed, according to media.

The attacker, only identified as a man in his 20s, was arrested on the spot and was being investigated on suspicion of attempted murder, Japan's broadcasting corporation NHK said.

His motive was not immediately known.

Nippon Television reported that the suspect told police he used an earlier train stabbing case as an example.

NHK said witnesses told police that the attacker was wearing a bright outfit - a green shirt, a blue suit and a purple coat which resembled that of the Joker from the Batman comics.

Tokyo police officials said the attack happened inside the Keio train near the Kokuryo station.

Television footage showed a number of firefighters, police officials and paramedics rescuing the passengers, many of whom escaped through train windows.

In one video, passengers were running from another car, where flames were gushing.

NHK said the suspect, after stabbing passengers, poured a liquid resembling oil and set fire, which partially burned seats.

Shunsuke Kimura, who filmed the video, told NHK that he saw passengers desperately running and while he was trying to figure out what happened, he heard an explosive noise and saw smoke wafting.

He also jumped from a window but fell on the platform and hurt his shoulder.

'Train doors were closed and we had no idea what was happening, and we jumped from the windows,' Kimura said. 'It was horrifying.'

One video uploaded on Twitter showed a steady stream of people running away from a train car where, seconds later, a blaze lit up.

Another video showed passengers rushing to squeeze out of the train's windows and onto the platform where the train had made an emergency stop.

'I thought it was a Halloween stunt,' one witness told the Yomiuri newspaper, recalling the moment he saw other passengers running in a panic towards his train car.

'Then, I saw a man walking this way, slowly waving a long knife.'

One passenger, believed to be in his 60s or 70s lost consciousness after being stabbed, according to Kyodo News.

A male passenger said: 'I heard a loud bang and saw flames and smoke in the back. Everyone was panicking,'

The incident was posted on social media by witnesses and footage on the television showed firefighters, police officials and paramedics rescuing passengers.

Many passengers escaped through train windows after the doors failed to open immediately when it stopped.

Officers were seen entering the train where the suspect sat and did not resist arrest.

The motive for the attack was not immediately known but it happened on a train bound for Shinjuku in central Tokyo, made up of 10 carriages.

It is the second attack involving a knife on a Tokyo train in two months.

In August, the day before the Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony, a 36-year-old man stabbed 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo in a random burst of violence.

The suspect later told police that he wanted to attack women who looked happy.

While shooting deaths are rare in Japan, the country has had a series of high-profile knife killings in recent years.

In 2019, a man carrying two knives attacked a group of schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo, killing two people and injuring 17 before killing himself.

In 2018, a man killed a passenger and injuring two others in a knife attack on a bullet train.

And in 2016, a former employee at a home for the disabled killed 19 people and injured more than 20.

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Panicking commuters running from the horror

mental health is very important

Many are mad few are roaming..
He wants to be the Joker on Halloween day.

Authorities arresting the offender

He calmly sat down smoking and waiting for the police after the incidence

He set fire in one of the cabins

Train Station official going to extinguish the fire started before the arrival of the fire service men

Firemen arrive at the scene

Most of this modern TV content glamourising violence is messing up with people's minds.

What can we call this now?..

God save us from those wey their own don burn finish, wey dey look for who to carry join body.....

HOLLY GRAM 2MUCH ACTION MOVIES FIT MAKE U TINK SEY U GET SUPPER POWER. WTF MAN

HOLLY GRAM NASO 1 SMALL PIKIN 4 MY UNIT CARRY TOY GUN POINT 1 MAN WEY CARRY CAR, SEY EM BE CJ FOR GRAND THEFT AUTO SAN ANDRAES.. EM PAPA FLOG SENSE COMORT 4 EM HEAD DAT DAY.. CARRY D PIKIN PS2 HIDE. WTF MAN

He is probably a Muslm

Afamsi:
He is probably a Muslm

exactly what I want to say

Afamsi:
He is probably a Muslm

how sure are you. I'm sure if he's a Muslim the reporters won't even hesitate to add MUSLIM to the topic and term it a terrorist attack. But since it has no Islamic content in it they don't bother to include his religion

-tivity of too much watching Mortal Kombat...

Crazy

"Nippon Television reported that the suspect told police he used an earlier train stabbing case as an example"


What's this world turning to? U heard of an earlier train stabbing & u went ahead to practice it. How many technological & scientific researches has this menace practiced? Sure non but was eager to imitate d wrong thing. Typical example of Islamists.

InvestorRicky:
"Nippon Television reported that the suspect told police he used an earlier train stabbing case as an example"


What's this world turning to? U heard of an earlier train stabbing & u went ahead to practice it. How many technological & scientific researches has this menace practiced? Sure non but was eager to imitate d wrong thing. Typical example of Islamists.

it seen every tool of development and advancement we use to make life better for ourselves as human can be used to harm us again. Imagine taking reference from previous crime

Opinionated:
Most of this modern TV content glamourising violence is messing up with people's minds.

Very correct

Hmmm
Well I pray the People stabbed will rest in HIS ABODE and quick recovery to the injured