{"id":2199601,"date":"2025-12-15T12:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2199601"},"modified":"2025-12-15T12:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:59:47","slug":"two-stabbed-at-entertainment-complex-in-japan-as-police-arrest-30-year-old-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/two-stabbed-at-entertainment-complex-in-japan-as-police-arrest-30-year-old-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Two stabbed at entertainment complex in Japan as police arrest 30-year-old suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-10wlkbs-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"base\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveOnTheGround\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM fafQAy\">On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM fvWmZq\">Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM hkVmms\">Get a weekly international news dispatch<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 hKcUSR sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 PYnPb sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\"><use href=\"#600f53465147d717\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/onTheGround1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"On The Ground\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Japan following the alleged stabbing of two people at an entertainment complex in Fukuoka, police confirmed on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>The incident, which occurred on Sunday at a facility housing pop group HKT48, left a 44-year-old man with a chest wound, reportedly from a kitchen knife, and another individual injured. Both victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/police\">Police<\/a> said they are investigating the case as possible attempted murder but declined to give further details, including the suspect&#8217;s motives, and they also did not comment on the second stabbing.<\/p>\n<p>Kyodo News agency and other Japanese media said the injured man, who worked for the HKT48 theater inside the complex, was stabbed when he saw the suspect in an unauthorized area and told him to leave.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 ixvisF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/12\/15\/03\/Japan_Stabbing_84998.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/12\/15\/03\/Japan_Stabbing_84998.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/12\/15\/03\/Japan_Stabbing_84998.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Japan Stabbing\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-57119\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 gtVitN hgzWpY\">Japan Stabbing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The suspect also allegedly stabbed a 27-year-old woman in the back in an elevator hall at the facility before he fled the scene, media reports said.<\/p>\n<p>HKT48 said the group&#8217;s fan event scheduled for Sunday night was canceled.<\/p>\n<p>Violent crimes are rare in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/japan\">Japan<\/a>, which has strict gun control laws. But in recent years there have been a number of high-profile cases involving knife attacks and home-made explosives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.independent.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Japan following the alleged stabbing of two people at an entertainment complex in Fukuoka, police confirmed on Monday. 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