A Japanese man drove a minivan directly into a crowd of pedestrians out for New Year’s celebrations just after midnight Tuesday morning, injuring eight people, in what he said was retaliation for the “death penalty,” police said. Police spokesman Satoshi Mishima said a 21-year-old man had been arrested, but said police were still investigating the precise motives behind the attack. But police said they were still investigating whether the man was actually connected to the doomsday cult. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)The crash occurred on Takeshita Street, a popular street for tourists and trendy young Japanese people in the fashionable Harajuku neighborhood. Police said one teenage boy had been taken to the hospital after the attack, where he is undergoing an operation.

Source: Washington Post January 01, 2019 07:50 UTC