At least eight people were injured, one seriously, when a vehicle plowed into crowds celebrating New Year’s Day in Tokyo early on Tuesday. He was identified as Kazuhiro Kusakabe, 21, from Osaka, a major city about 400 km (250 miles) southwest of Tokyo, NHK said. The incident happened shortly after midnight local time on Monday in the popular tourist area of Harajuku, near Meiji Shrine, in central Tokyo. The suspect fled from the scene and assaulted a passerby before he was captured 20 minutes later, NHK said. “I learned about the incident later.

Source: The Star January 01, 2019 06:33 UTC