The police have arrested a 33-year-old man who admitted to stabbing a bookshop worker in Osaka, a spokesman said, adding that the suspect said he “held a grudge against society”.
The man, identified as Satoshi Okamoto, allegedly used a kitchen knife to stab the worker – who called police immediately afterwards – at a branch of national chain Maruzen & Junkudo in the heart of Japan’s second city.
Police did not elaborate on the victim’s condition, but there was no fear for his life.
Violent crime is relatively rare in Japan, but there have been occasional attacks in recent years committed by socially-isolated individuals. — AFP
