Teen attacks 5 with kitchen knives in street rampage in Tokyo

A 16-year-old boy was arrested Saturday after attacking five people and injuring two of them with kitchen knives in a rampage on a shopping street in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. Police officers rushed to the scene and apprehended the teenage assailant, a second-year high school student from Shinagawa who was later quoted as telling the police that he "wanted to kill everyone and anyone" in the incident that occurred around 3:20 p.m.
The boy has also told investigators that he has been visiting a psychiatric hospital, police said, noting that they are continuing to investigate his motive as well as his mental competence.
Two female company workers, aged 30 and 42, were slightly injured with slashes on their backs, their chests and other parts of their bodies, police said.
The three other people — an 18-year-old high school girl, a 28-year-old female temporary worker and a 61-year-old man — were not injured, though clothing and other items were slashed, police said.
According to police, the boy wearing a black jumper jacket and black jeans was holding a kitchen knife in each hand and also had a knife hidden in his shoe when he was arrested. The knives were 27-28 centimeters long.
According to witnesses, the boy attacked the five people randomly as he charged for about 400 meters shouting, "I'll kill you...You fool...I'm not bad..." and other strange things.
Police said the boy calmed down after he was arrested and is responding to questions quietly.
The shopping street is in front of Togoshiginza Station on the Tokyu Ikegami Line.