Fifteen people sustained injuries in a stabbing incident at a factory in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The attack occurred at a Yokohama Rubber factory in Mishima, with reports of five or six individuals being stabbed. Masaki Oyama, aged 38, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the incident.
Police responded to an emergency call around 4:30 pm local time regarding the stabbings at the factory. Additionally, authorities were alerted to an individual splashing an unspecified liquid within the premises. The factory, known for manufacturing car tires, employs around 980 individuals as of 2024, according to its website.
In a separate incident on December 15, a 30-year-old man was arrested in Fukuoka, Japan, for his involvement in a stabbing that resulted in non-life-threatening injuries to a woman and a man. The suspect, Naoya Yamaguchi, from Fukuoka Prefecture’s Itoshima, faces charges of attempted murder for the attack on the man and has admitted to the crime. He is also linked to the assault on the woman, as per police reports.
The stabbings occurred on December 14 at Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka and a nearby amusement facility, Boss E.Zo Fukuoka, where the popular all-girl pop group HKT48 holds performances. The victims included a 44-year-old event worker stabbed in the chest and a 27-year-old woman attending a live event at the stadium who suffered a back injury.
