Japan stabbing: two dead and 16 injured in attack on children in Kawasaki

Young children were waiting for school bus when they were attacked by man, witnesses say

Two people have died and 16 others, including more than a dozen schoolgirls, have been injured after a man armed with knives went on a rampage at a crowded bus stop near Tokyo on Tuesday morning.

Japanese media said Hanako Kuribayashi, an 11-year-old girl, and 39-year-old Satoshi Oyama, a foreign ministry official, had died in hospital after being stabbed in the neck.

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