of japanese woman goes on stabbing rampage, wounding 7 people at train station

Japanese woman goes on stabbing rampage, wounding 7 people at train station: A 34-year-old Chigasaki resident, Hisae Sakurai, slashes 7 people at a train station because she thought she was going to die.

A Japanese woman went on a stabbing rampage at a crowded train station, wounding seven men after failing to slash her own wrist, police said Tuesday. The woman attempted to cut her wrist with an army knife at a shopping mall Monday night near the train station in Hiratsuka, 43 miles southwest of Tokyo, but someone bumped into her and she became angry, said police official Hidetoshi Yukitake.

The woman was arrested at the scene after being overpowered by onlookers.

"She said she was frustrated. She was also angry at her father," Yukitake said.

The stabbing was the latest in a spate of similar attacks in Japan. Seven people were killed in Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district on June 8 when a man slammed a truck into a crowd of people, jumped out and began stabbing passers-by at random.

Photo of the Chigasaki train station

According to The Japan Times Online,

The suspect, identified as a 34-year-old part-time employee from Chigasaki, suddenly began slashing pedestrians with a small multitool pocket knife just outside the station's ticket gates around 7:30 p.m., they said.

Mainichi Daily News confirms suspect as 34-year-old Chigasaki resident Hisae Sakurai.

Sakurai said,

Someone bumped into me and I just lost it. I climbed the stairs and started slashing people. I thought I was going to die and wanted to take other people with me.