Japan searches home of stabbing suspect
Credit to Author: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 16:17:40 +0000
TOKYO: Japanese police on Wednesday searched the home of the man behind a stabbing rampage in the town of Kawasaki a day earlier that killed two people, including a child.
The 51-year-old attacker, identified by police as Ryuichi Iwasaki, died after stabbing himself during the rampage, and his motives for the horrifying assault remain unclear.
On Wednesday morning, police searched his home, not far from the scene of the morning attack, seizing unspecified material, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Local media said Iwasaki was living with relatives in their 80s, but gave no further details. His occupation was unknown.
Police had no comment on the investigation and declined to offer any further details about the attacker.
The rampage in the town south of Tokyo on Tuesday morning killed two people — 11-year-old schoolgirl Hanako Kuribayashi and a 39-year-old parent, identified as government official Satoshi Oyama, a Myanmar specialist.
Seventeen more people, mainly young children, were injured, according to authorities.
Iwasaki crept silently up behind pupils of the Caritas Gakuen (school) as they waited for their school bus and began slashing randomly at them armed with knives in both hands, before fatally stabbing himself in the neck.
Local media citing police sources said Wednesday that the attack took less than 20 seconds to unfold and that two additional knives were discovered inside the attacker’s backpack, which he had left at a nearby convenience store.
AFP
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