TOKYO (AFP): A mass stabbing attack in the Japanese city of Kawasaki on Tuesday (May 28) injured at least 19 people, among them one person left with “no vital signs”, the local fire department said. “The number of injured people is now 19, including one who is seriously injured and now shows no vital signs,” Kawasaki Fire Department spokesman Keiichi Hayakawa told Agence France-Presse. "A man stabbed them," Dai Nagase, another spokesman for the Kawasaki Fire Department, earlier told AFP. "We received an emergency call at 7.44am (6.44am Singapore time), which said four elementary schoolchildren were stabbed." The attack occurred at a park not far from a local train station, local media said.

Source: The Star May 28, 2019 00:22 UTC