Tag: Knife

  • Man dresses as Joker, injures 17 people on train

    Man dresses as Joker, injures 17 people on train

    A man, dressed in a Joker costume and flaunting a knife, stabbed at least one commuter on a Tokyo passenger train before starting a fire.

    As per reports, the Tokyo Fire Department said 17 passengers were wounded, including three seriously. Not all of them were stabbed and most of the other injuries were not serious, the fire department said.

    The criminal identified as 24-year-old Kyota Hattori, was detained on the spot after Sunday’s attack and was being investigated on suspicion of attempted murder, the Tokyo metropolitan police department said Monday.

    The attacker, riding an express train headed to Tokyo’s Shinjuku station, abruptly took out a knife and stabbed a seated passenger in his 70s.

    Police said he told the authorities that he wanted to murder people and get the death penalty. Nippon Television said he also said that he used an earlier train stabbing case as an example.

  • Mufti Taqi Usmani escapes knife attack in Karachi

    Mufti Taqi Usmani escapes knife attack in Karachi

     Mufti Taqi Usmani survived a knife attack on Thursday after his guards arrested a man carrying a knife. 

    Usmani was walking with his guards by his side after Fajr prayers at Dar ul Uloom Korangi when a suspicious man started to follow him. 

    The scholar’s guards captured the suspect, who has been identified as a 35-year-old man named Asim Laeeq. It was found that Asim was carrying a knife, confirmed Dar ul Uloom sources. 

    SSP Korangi Shahjahan said the suspect did not attack Usmani. He said the suspect had asked for a meeting with the scholar after Fajr prayers. 

    “The suspect has been taken into custody, we are continuing with further investigation into the incident,” said SSP Korangi. 

    Shortly after the incident, Mufti Taqi Usmani released an audio message in which he confirmed most details of the incident, reassuring his followers that he is safe. 

    “A suspect came to me after the Fajr prayers and asked to speak to me in private,” he said. “I had just gotten up to speak to him when the suspect pulled out a knife from his pocket,” revealed the scholar.