Man with knife slashes two at a Tokyo station

TOKYO : A man with a knife slashed two passengers waiting for a train at a Tokyo subway station during the evening rush on Wednesday, and their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, Japanese media reported.Japan’s NHK television said the attacker was seen brandishing a kitchen knife on the platform of a station on the subway’s Namboku line. Tokyo police arrested the suspect at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder and were investigating.Police said there had been no official announcement on the still-developing case. Trains on the line were temporarily suspended for “inspection” of subway cars, operator Tokyo Metro said. Violent crime is relatively rare in Japan, which has a low murder rate and some of the toughest gun laws. But there are occasional stabbings and even shootings, including the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022.