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Japanese students injured in stabbing during entrance exams
A 17-year old high school student was arrested for attacking other students
Japanese students injured in stabbing during entrance exams
Tokyo: Several high school students sitting their university entrance exam in Tokyo were injured in knife attack on Saturday.
According to Japanese media, three people were conscious after being injured in the morning when another student attacked them with a bladed object as they gathered at Tokyo University to take their entrance exam.
The alleged assailant, a 17-year old high school student, was arrested, the Asahi newspaper said.
Half a million high school students across Japan are taking the annual university entrance exams this weekend in hundreds of venues across the country.
Violent crimes are exceedingly rare in Japan, but there have been a spate of knife attacks by assailants unknown to the victims.
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