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STABBINGS

People attend a vigil to remember the victims of the Manchester Synagogue attack in Manchester, U.K. on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2025
U.K. confronts rising long-term terror threat from Gaza war
The attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday has crystallized concern building in the British security services since Oct. 7, 2023.
Members of a forensic team work outside a Manchester synagogue on Friday where multiple people were killed a day earlier.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025
U.K. police may have accidentally shot dead victim in synagogue attack
The attacker, whom armed officers shot dead at the scene, was not carrying a firearm, though one of those killed suffered a gunshot wound.
Tokyo police officers investigate on Tuesday the site in Machida, Tokyo, where a 76-year-old woman was fatally stabbed.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025
Parents want son to atone for alleged killing of Tokyo woman
Kota Kuwano is suspected of stabbing a 76-year-old woman at her apartment in Machida, Tokyo, on Tuesday.
People react near where an attack took place in which a car was driven at pedestrians and stabbings were reported near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall in north Manchester, Britain, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025
Two dead in attack at U.K. synagogue on Yom Kippur, with suspect shot dead
The suspect, who was wearing what appeared to be a vest with an explosive device, was shot dead at the scene by armed officers.
An exterior staircase at the apartment building where Chizuko Akie was fatally stabbed, in the city of Machida, Tokyo, on Wednesday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2025
Suspect in Machida stabbing was ‘overwhelmed with despair’ over daily inconveniences
Kota Kuwano, 40, told investigators that frustrations over matters such as his mail not arriving and garbage being left outside his home drove him to kill someone.
Tokyo police officers conduct investigations in Machida, Tokyo, where an elderly woman was fatally stabbed, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2025
Elderly woman stabbed to death in Tokyo's Machida
The suspect, whose occupation is unknown, told police, "I'm tired of my current life. I thought I'd kill anyone."
Police investigate an area around the scene where a woman was killed in a knife attack in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Sept. 1.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 23, 2025
Tokyo police rearrest South Korean man suspected of murdering ex-girlfriend on stalking charges
Police allege that the suspect, Park Yong-jun, repeatedly stalked the victim, Bang Ji-won, and trespassed into her home in the days leading to her killing.
A street near the site where a Japanese boy was stabbed to death in Shenzhen in September last year.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 18, 2025
Safety concerns linger as year marked since stabbing of Japanese boy in China
Security measures have been increased around the school amid worries that anti-Japanese sentiment could rise in China around historical anniversaries.
A man accused of killing four people, including two police officers, in Nagano in 2023 intends to remain silent at the first court hearing of his lay judge trial on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2025
Suspect in 2023 Nagano quadruple murder plans to stay silent during trial
The defendant's attorney said his client is in a diminished state due to integration disorder syndrome and doubts he has the capacity to take criminal responsibility.
A life-size holographic police officer, intended to prevent crime, at a park in Seoul on Aug. 28. Three people were stabbed to death Wednesday at a pizza restaurant in the South Korean capital — a rare occurrence in the city.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2025
Three killed in stabbing at Seoul pizza restaurant
The attack in the city's Gwanak district was carried out by the restaurant's owner, police said.
Police investigate an area around the scene where a woman was killed in a knife attack in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2025
Korean man arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of killing ex-girlfriend
Police had told the suspect to leave the country after the victim reached out for help, and they saw him go through a security check at Narita Airport days before her death.
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 1, 2025
Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya
An emergency call was made just after 1:30 p.m. on Monday that the woman, a 40-year-old South Korean native, was bleeding on the ground.
Security camera footage shows a person who appears to be Masashi Tanimoto on Aug. 20, the day when a woman was murdered in Kobe.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2025
Kobe murder suspect targeted victim because she was his ‘type’
Masashi Tanimoto, 35, had also allegedly followed a different woman home prior to last week’s incident.
Masashi Tanimoto arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in Kobe, is sent to prosecutors on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 24, 2025
Man arrested in Kobe stabbing had been staying at hotel near victim’s home
The suspect, a resident of Tokyo, is believed to have followed the woman home from a nearby train station.
Masashi Tanimoto, 35, the suspect in the deadly stabbing a 24-year-old woman, is taken into custody in Kobe on Friday night.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 23, 2025
Man arrested over deadly stabbing of woman in Kobe
The victim was found bleeding from multiple stab wounds on the sixth-floor landing of an apartment building Wednesday.
Police officers investigate the area where six passersby were allegedly attacked by a knife-wielding man in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Monday evening.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 29, 2025
Six injured in stabbing spree in Ibaraki Prefecture
The victims, between the ages of 27 and 75, are all conscious and their injuries are not life-threatening, Ibaraki Prefectural Police said.
Emergency personnel stand outside a Walmart store, where a stabbing incident occurred, in Traverse City, Michigan, on Saturday in this images taken from a video posted to social media.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2025
11 injured in stabbing spree at Walmart store in Michigan
A 42-year-old male suspect was in custody, police said, in what appeared to be a random attack.
Many stab wounds have been found on the upper bodies, including backs, of two women who were killed at a girls bar in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, investigative sources have said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 8, 2025
Many wounds found on women killed in Hamamatsu girls bar, police say
In the incident, the 27-year-old manager of the bar and a 26-year-old employee died after being stabbed repeatedly at around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Police officers stand near the site where two women working at a girls bar were fatally stabbed in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 7, 2025
Customer allegedly stabs girls bar manager and employee to death in Shizuoka
The customer had visited the bar several times before the incident, according to police.
Reito Watanabe, who allegedly stabbed his coworker, Daiki Yoshino, to death in a Tokyo law office, is escorted by police on Tuesday in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 2, 2025
Suspect in Tokyo law firm stabbing held grudge against victim, police say
The 50-year-old man, who is an employee of the firm, said unpleasant experiences at work involving the victim, his coworker, had brought him to his limit.

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