Stabbing spree, chemical attack at Japan factory injures 15

Fifteen radical were injured, and a fishy is successful custody pursuing a stabbing spree and chemic onslaught astatine a tyre mill successful cardinal Japan. 

The 38-year-old attacker allegedly stabbed 8 radical and wounded 7 others with what was believed to beryllium bleach connected Friday astatine a Yokohama Rubber Co. installation successful Mishima, westbound of Tokyo, officials said. 

The motive for the incidental is unclear, but the fishy is believed to beryllium a erstwhile worker astatine the factory, the Kyodo quality bureau reported, citing investigative sources. 

The fishy was carrying a endurance weapon and wearing what appeared to beryllium a gas mask, Japanese paper Asahi added.

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Police officers basal defender astatine the country of a stabbing astatine the Yokohama Rubber Co. installation successful Mishima, westbound of Tokyo connected Friday, Dec. 26, 2025.  (Yusuke Hashizume/Kyodo News via AP)

The Fujisan Nanto Fire Department told The Associated Press that 5 of the radical who were stabbed were successful serious condition. 

Images and video taken astatine the country showed archetypal responders swarming the factory. 

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A constabulary serviceman stands defender wrong the cordon astatine the Yokohama mill connected Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images)

Shizuoka prefecture constabulary said the attacker was arrested for alleged attempted murder. 

Media reports described the stabbing victims arsenic each being conscious portion being transported to section hospitals.

Fifteen radical were injured successful a stabbing and chemic onslaught successful cardinal Japan connected Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images)

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The 7 others injured by the bleach thrown astatine them during the attack were hospitalized arsenic well, the occurrence section said. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.