Three people, including two police officers, have been killed in Nagano in central Japan, and a suspect with a rifle and knife is holed up inside a building, according to police and media reports.
A witness told NHK public television that a woman fell while being chased by the suspect, who then stabbed her with a knife and shot at two police officers as they arrived at the scene on Thursday in Nakano city in the prefecture of Nagano.
