00:01A female employee at a Pokemon merchandise shop was fatally stabbed in Tokyo on Thursday, while the suspected assailant also
00:09died after stabbing himself.
00:11The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said the woman, in her 20s, was attacked around 7.16 p.m. at the
00:19Pokemon Center Megatokyo in the Sunshine City Shopping Mall.
00:23The perpetrator, also in his 20s, was armed with knives in both hands.
00:27The two were rushed to a hospital, but were pronounced dead within an hour.
00:32Media reports said the woman worked at the Pokemon Center.
00:36Police said the victim had previously filed complaints of alleged stalking, believed to involve the attacker.
00:42The store was crowded with more than 100 customers during the incident.
00:46This eyewitness said she saw two employees rush to the bathroom to wash their blood-stained hands, and she then
00:53realized that something had happened.
01:05�みんなに鳴み合わせが Districed gun controls in Japan make knife attacks a more common form of public violence,
01:11with multiple stabbing incidents reported on trains and at railway stations in recent years.
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