Overview
- The attack took place inside the Pokémon Center at Sunshine City, a large shopping complex near Ikebukuro in Tokyo.
- The female employee in her 20s and the male assailant were taken to a hospital and were pronounced dead within an hour.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police said the attacker, also in his 20s, died from self-inflicted wounds.
- TV Asahi, cited by Reuters, reported the man wielded two knives as videos on social media showed shoppers fleeing and ambulances arriving.
- The case is under investigation with the motive unknown, and The Pokémon Company has not issued a public comment.