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STABBINGS

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2023
Details emerge on teenage suspect in stabbing at Saitama school
Police arrested the 17-year-old on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a 60-year-old teacher multiple times in the arms and stomach.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 7, 2023
Salman Rushdie says 'very difficult' to write after stabbing
An icon of free speech since he was subjected to a fatwa that forced him into hiding, the British author is still an outspoken defender of the power of words.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 7, 2022
Family members mourn for Thailand massacre victims
One by one, grieving parents came to lay single white roses on the steps of the Thai day care center where nearly two dozen of their children were murdered.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2022
Suspect in Canada mass stabbing dies after arrest
The suspect, 32-year-old Myles Sanderson, went into medical distress shortly after his arrest on Wednesday afternoon, the police said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 7, 2022
Suspect in deadly mass stabbings eludes Canadian manhunt for third day
Two brothers are suspected of killing 10 people in a stabbing rampage in the James Smith Cree reserve and nearby village of Weldon, roiling an indigenous community of 3,400 people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 5, 2022
Canada hunts suspects in stabbing spree that killed 10 and wounded 15
The stabbings across 13 crime scenes were among the deadliest mass killings in modern Canadian history and certain to reverberate throughout the country.

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