Three people were killed and 14 others wounded Sunday after a man struck passersby with a small truck and stabbed them with a knife in Tokyo's Akihabara area, police said.
The dead are three men aged 19, 47 and 74 respectively. Three women and a traffic police officer, who was patrolling at the time, are among the 14 wounded.
The incident took place at around 12:30 p.m. local time, and 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato, a resident from Shizuoka Prefecture, was arrested near the scene, said the police.
Akihabara is Tokyo's well-known electronics quarters, which attract visitors from around the world.
Source:Xinhua
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