Overview
- A passerby called 119 at about 9:10 p.m. Thursday and emergency crews found three people injured on a street in Shinanō 2‑chome, Chitose City.
- Fire department officials said a woman believed to be in her 20s or 30s was stabbed and was in cardiopulmonary arrest when taken to hospital, and two men of similar age were also transported and conscious.
- Hokkaido prefectural police secured and arrested a man at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder and say they are conducting an active investigation.
- Some media reports say one of the hospitalized people may be a police officer and that the arrested man may be foreign‑national, but police have not confirmed those details.
- The attack took place in a residential area about 1.8–2.0 kilometers northwest of JR Chitose Station and officials say they will release more information as identities, motive and the victims' conditions are clarified.