Overview
- Police detained a 63-year-old unemployed man on October 6 on suspicion of attempted murder in the October 5 attack in Tsushima City, Aichi Prefecture.
- The 23-year-old driver reported being struck once in the head with a hammer while stopped at a red light and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
- According to police, the suspect phoned the station Monday evening, spoke with officers in the city, and was then arrested on an emergency basis.
- The man is reported to have said most facts are accurate but denied intent to kill.
- Police say the assailant exited a light passenger car two vehicles behind, knocked on the victim’s window, briefly left, then returned to strike him before fleeing by car.