Kawasaki stabbings

The Kawasaki stabbings happened on the morning of 28 May 2019 in the Tama ward of Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, four blocks west of Noborito Station. 

Two people were murdered, and 17 others were injured after being stabbed at a city bus stop by 51-year-old Ryuichi Iwasaki. After carrying out the attack, he committed suicide by stabbing himself in the neck.

The fatal victims were an 11-year-old student, and a 39-year-old Foreign Ministry employee.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has sent condolences to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Japanese people after the stabbing.

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