TOKYO, Feb 25 (NNN-NHK) – A convenience store employee died, after a man stabbed him and two other co-workers, in Sapporo, in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido, today, local media reported.
The incident happened around 6:50 a.m. local time, when the man, armed with what appeared to be a kitchen knife, started attacking people at a Seicomart store, in Sapporo’s Kita Ward, Kyodo News said.
All three store employees were taken to a hospital with stab wounds, with police arresting the assailant at the scene, the report said.
The employee in his 40s was later confirmed dead. The two other workers are, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 50s, it added.
The police said, they arrested Hirotaka Miyanishi, 43, an unemployed man, living in the same ward, who has admitted to stabbing all three.– NNN-NHK
