#Tokyo: Man dressed as Batman’s Joker stabs 10, starts fire inside train
A 24-year-old man dressed in Batman‘s Joker costume attacked passengers on a Tokyo train on Sunday evening.
At least 10 people were injured in the incident as many party-goers headed into the city center for Halloween gatherings, local media reported.
According to an eyewitness account, at first, it was thought of as a Halloween prank but things turned out ugly.
After stabbing the attacker then poured gasoline and set everything on fire.
Police arrested the suspected attacker on the spot, the local media reported.
The attack occurred on the Keio express line bound for Shinjuku, the world’s busiest rail station, at around 8 pm(1100 GMT), the media reported.
A number of video clips referring to the stabbing incident in Toko are now doing rounds on social media.
Scary train incident in Tokyo. I believe it’s on the Keio line. I hope everyone is ok. It’s 9 p.m. on Sunday night. Hope the train wasn’t too busy. pic.twitter.com/4i9ADp5PVV
— 🌾Food Sake Tokyo🍙🌻坂本ゆかり (@YukariSakamoto) October 31, 2021
こやつが
— 生形たけし (@takahashi9811) October 31, 2021
京王線の犯人です
右手にナイフ
左手にタバコめちゃくちゃ手は震えてた
とにかくこいつにむかつきました
すごくみんな必死に逃げて
僕がみんなに窓から出ろ言い死にものぐるいでみんなででてたこいつの前まで来ました
本当に許せなかった
殴りたかったです
#京王線#京王線刃物#犯人 pic.twitter.com/fdlLN9nj1Z
京王線火災、刃物男逮捕 pic.twitter.com/TGhtO3ntTA
— しずくβ (@siz33) October 31, 2021
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1454784891225362432
The Keiō Line in Tokyo has shut down after a man waving a knife around set fire to one of the cars. Scary footage coming out from people on the train. https://t.co/6jsipx4UkB
— Nippon.com (@nippon_en) October 31, 2021
An apparent stabbing on a Keio Line train in Tokyo. NHK reports 6 people are injured, including a man who is in critical condition. pic.twitter.com/FILazSZ7P5
— Satoshi Sugiyama (@SatoshiJournal) October 31, 2021
