Man stabs four people at Japanese hospital

Policemen stand guard in front of a hospital where a knife-wielding man stabbed three nurses and a policeman in Shikokuchuo, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo August 9, 2019. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS

TOKYO (Reuters) - A knife-wielding man stabbed three nurses and a policeman at a hospital in western Japan on Friday, police said, the latest stabbing incident in the country.

The nurses were stabbed in the chest and abdomen but their wounds were not life threatening, police said, adding that a policeman was also wounded in his left arm.