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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Croft

At least 15 injured after mass stabbing and chemical attack in rubber factory

A man has been arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven others with bleach at a tire factory in central Japan, authorities have said.

Eight people were hospitalised after they were stabbed by the knifeman at a factory of global major tiremaker Yokohama Rubber Co in the city of Mishima, in the Shizuoka prefecture, west of Tokyo, the Fujisan Nanto Fire Department said.

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