A man knife attack inside Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line. 3 people injured.

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1. > According to the Metropolitan Police Department, just before 7:00 p.m. today, multiple emergency calls were made reporting “a man brandishing a knife” at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line in Bunkyō Ward, Tokyo.
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   > Witnesses say the man slashed at people inside the station with what appeared to be a knife.
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   > Investigative sources indicate the attacker was swinging the knife on the station premises, and three people were injured. Their conditions are not yet known.
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   > Tokyo Metro reports that, as of 7:20 p.m., Namboku Line service is suspended between Akabane‑Iwabuchi and Ichigaya stations. Operations are expected to resume around 8:00 p.m.

   According to [NHK](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20250507/k10014799031000.html), the suspect has been arrested.

2. Tip of the iceberg as I said, the lunatics are coming out of the woodwork every week now. Nowhere is safe.

3. Bruh my commute stops at the previous stop 😭😭 the whiplash I got seeing my daily train on here

4. To the perpetrator. Please don’t be foreigner, please don’t be a foreigner, please don’t be a foreigner…

5. Here we go again.

   Cue the “Japan isn’t really safe!” comments.

6. Is this the same Todaimae that’s on Inokashira line?

7. They showed the blood splatters on the news.

   And they are pretty clearly showing the perpetrator.

   Always sad.

8. Safe country btw

9. Good thing carrying any kind of knife is illegal!

10. Jesus Christ I was just there getting into the Metro literally 1 hour before that

11. Financial distress… increased violence.