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STABBING

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 24, 2016
Man held in idol singer's stabbing sent her over 300 Twitter messages this year: reports
The man arrested Saturday after stabbing a 20-year-old idol singer in western Tokyo had sent more than 300 messages to her via Twitter since January, according to media reports.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 11, 2016
Massachusetts mall stabbing spree leads to lockdown, evacuation
Several people were stabbed at a shopping mall outside Boston on Tuesday evening, authorities said, in what police described as an "active scene."
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2015
Man held over apparent random stabbing outside Gotanda Station
Police investigating an apparently unprovoked stabbing on a Tokyo street have arrested a man in his 30s.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2015
Yamanashi minor held in stabbing death of grandparents
Police arrested an 18-year-old high school student on Monday for allegedly killing his grandparents at their home in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2014
Man stabs, wounds taxi driver in Yokohama, flees with ¥4,000
A taxi driver was stabbed with a knife and robbed of some ¥4,000 late Thursday night in Yokohama. The suspect is still at large, NHK reported.

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