People pray for victims at the site where a knife attack took place in Kawasaki near Tokyo Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Authorities say a man brandishing two knives slashed the girls and at least two parents as they gathered at a school bus stop in Kawasaki on Tuesday. Many Japanese children walk to neighborhood schools alone or in small groups, and some commute by themselves on trains or buses. Safety officials often focus on responses to disasters rather than on crime prevention, she said. At Caritas school, children walk from a train station to a nearby bus stop to take a privately run bus to school, escorted by teachers.

Source: Washington Post May 29, 2019 04:51 UTC