Man drives into group of seven schoolchildren in Osaka, Japan
Saturday, May 3, 2025
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Police arrested a 28-year-old man from Tokyo, Japan and took him into custody after he allegedly intentionally drove his car into a group of seven young students from an elementary school on Thursday. The vehicle attack happened around 1:35 p.m. local time in Osaka's Nishinari Ward.
Of the seven children injured, a 7-year-old girl had a broken jaw and was seriously injured, while the other six boys sustained minor injuries. A witness reported that the car was swerving as it struck the children; one girl was badly injured and bleeding, while the others appeared to have only minor cuts.
The man said to law enforcement that he was "sick and tired of everything" then rammed his car into the kids wanting to kill them. "I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by ramming the car I was driving into several elementary school children," an official quoted the man's statement.
Sources
[edit]- Mari Yamaguchi. "Car ramming in Japan injures 7 schoolchildren and suspect is arrested on the scene" — The Independent, May 1, 2025
- "Japanese police arrest man after car ploughs into schoolchildren" — AFP, The Times of India, May 1, 2025
- "Man Arrested in Osaka after Hitting 7 Kids with Car" — Nippon.com, May 1, 2025
