Man slashes 13-year-old girl with knife in Aichi

KASUGAI — A knife-wielding man attacked a 13-year-old girl in the parking lot of an apartment block in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, on Tuesday morning. Police said the girl was slashed three times on her left arm around 7:10 a.m., but described her injuries as minor.

The assailant, who fled the scene, was described as being in his 50s and with silver-gray hair. He wore a face mask. Police said there is a distinct possibility that the perpetrator is the same man who slashed another high school student in May in the same town. In that incident, the attacker used a pair of scissors."