--- description: Police say an elementary schoolgirl has died and more than a dozen others were wounded title: Young Girl Among Dead After Knife Attack in Japan image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6346698bf65e91c7/69894a7bb21a9c352f500a93/japan-stabbing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Japan](/tag/japan/) ## Japan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Young Girl Was Among Two Killed in a Knife Attack in Japan by [Hillary Leung](/author/hillary-leung/) ## Hillary Leung Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 11:18 PM CUTPublished: May 28, 2019 1:43 AM CUT  Rescuers work at the scene of an attack in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. Rescuers work at the scene of an attack in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on May 28, 2019.AP—AP by [Hillary Leung](/author/hillary-leung/) ## Hillary Leung Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 11:18 PM CUTPublished: May 28, 2019 1:43 AM CUT At least three people have died and more than a dozen others were injured when a man began stabbing children and other passengers waiting for a bus in a residential district on the southern outskirts of Tokyo Tuesday morning. Local media cited police saying the suspect, a man believed to be in his 40s or 50s, died shortly after he was apprehended in critical condition. The attack took place near a bus stop in Kawasaki City on the outskirts of the capital, where the children were [on t](https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/05/cd2e013a9973-urgent-11-including-elementary-school-children-stabbed-in-city-near-tokyo.html "undefined")[heir way to school](https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/05/cd2e013a9973-urgent-11-including-elementary-school-children-stabbed-in-city-near-tokyo.html "undefined"), according to Kyodo news agency. According to Japanese broadcaster NHK, a bus driver saw the man [holding a knife](https://www.apnews.com/466833b7e5fe400f830dd7838cc9c464 "undefined") in each hand while walking towards the bus. He started attacking the children and ran away after the driver yelled at him. The man reportedly stabbed himself in the neck and subsequently died from the injuries. The children are believed to be [students at Caritas elementary school](https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/05/cd2e013a9973-urgent-11-including-elementary-school-children-stabbed-in-city-near-tokyo.html "undefined"), a private Catholic institution in the city. Japanese broadcaster NHK reports that police confirmed a [young girl](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190528%5F19/ "undefined") was among the fatalities, and later confirmed that [a man in his 30s](https://twitter.com/NHKWORLD%5FNews/status/1133213901342949376 "undefined") had also died due to his injuries. Another [16 people](https://www.apnews.com/466833b7e5fe400f830dd7838cc9c464 "undefined"), mostly children, are believed to have been injured in the attack. Earlier reports cited police saying the number of injured was 19. In a [televised statement](https://twitter.com/AbeShinzo/status/1133258582630133761 "undefined"), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [expressed](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/abe-voices-strong-anger-over-harrowing-japan-stabbing-11571816 "undefined") “strong indignation” over the attack and offered his condolences to victims of what he described as a “harrowing incident.” No motive for the attack has yet been established. Violent attacks are rare in Japan, which has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. But the country has seen some high-profile killings, including the [stabbing](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/25/tokyo-knife-attack-stabbing-sagamihara "undefined") of 19 at a disabled home in 2016. _This story is developing, please check back for updates._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5596713/japan-knife-attack-kawasaki/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5596713/japan-knife-attack-kawasaki/"},"headline":"A Young Girl Was Among Two Killed in a Knife Attack in Japan","datePublished":"2019-05-28T01:43:20.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T23:18:37.000Z","description":"A man with a knife in each hand began stabbing children waiting for a school bus","url":"https://time.com/5596713/japan-knife-attack-kawasaki/","keywords":["Japan","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6346698bf65e91c7/69894a7bb21a9c352f500a93/japan-stabbing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Hillary Leung","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/hillary-leung/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6346698bf65e91c7/69894a7bb21a9c352f500a93/japan-stabbing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"japan-stabbing.jpg","caption":"Japan Stabbing Attack","creditText":"AP—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/japan/","name":"Japan"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5596713/japan-knife-attack-kawasaki/","name":"A Young Girl Was Among Two Killed in a Knife Attack in Japan"}}]}] ```