At least 10 people were injured during a knife rampage on a commuter train in the Olympic host city of Tokyo.
One passenger was left seriously wounded while the rest were treated at a nearby hospital, Tokyo’s Fire Department confirmed.
Cops captured the man as he tried fleeing the scene on Friday evening.
Authorities said victims remained conscious throughout the attack and that none suffered life-threatening injuries. One was able to walk away.
A witness at a nearby station where the train eventually halted said he saw panicked passenger bolt of out the carriages.
Another told broadcaster NHK that commuters were smeared with blood and that an announcement was made calling on doctors on board and passengers with towels to help, according to the Independent.
Despite a usually low crime rate, Japan has seen a number of mass-casualty knife attacks in recent years.
In May 2019, a 51-year-old man went on a stabbing spree in the city of Kawasaki, killing a man and 12-year-old school girl and injured 15 other school students.
And in 2016, 19 residents at a care home for people with mental disabilities were stabbed to death by a former employee who confessed to the killing.
Dozens of police and paramedics rushed to the crime scene near Seijogakuen-Mae station, according to the railway operator, Odakyu Electric Railway Company.
The station added the suspect was caught after storming into a convenience store and telling people he was fed up of running away.
The store manager saw the 20-something-year-old covered in blood and called police.
The man left what was believed to be the weapon and a mobile phone on the train, one source told The Japan Times.
Police declined to comment and no other details were immediately available.
Seijogakuen-Mae station is only miles away from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium, where events are still taking place and draw to a close on Sunday/
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