At least 15 people have been injured in a mass stabbing attack at a rubber factory in Japan, triggering a major emergency response. Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident as questions are raised about workplace safety and violent crime in a country known for its low crime rates. Officials say the situation is under control.

Japan: 15 Injured In Mass Stabbing Attack At Rubber Factory 

Witnesses described a chaotic scene in the immediate of a stabbing in a Japanese city on Tuesday. Two people were killed and 16 others were injured after a man attacked a group of schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo, before killing himself.

Witnesses describe stabbing attack in Japan

A knife-wielding attacker killed a 12-year-old schoolgirl and a man before stabbing himself to death in a rampage outside Tokyo Tuesday that also injured more than a dozen, including several children.

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A mass stabbing rampage outside of Tokyo on Tuesday killed a schoolgirl, and the suspected attacker was also dead after turning his knife on himself, according to local media.

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Two people, including a child, were feared dead Tuesday in a mass stabbing attack that also injured 17 people in the Japanese city of Kawasaki, the local fire department said.

Mass stabbing in Japan; two feared dead, 17 hurt