Overview
- Naoya Yamaguchi, 30, was taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder and admitted responsibility, telling police he intended to kill.
- A 27-year-old visitor was stabbed in the back inside Boss E・ZO Fukuoka, and a 44-year-old HKT48 event staffer was stabbed in the chest in a restricted parking area.
- Both victims were hospitalized conscious with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police and media reports.
- Police say Yamaguchi called from a pay phone in Kasuga around 2 a.m., first claiming to have seen the attacker before confessing, and was later found carrying two knives.
- HKT48 canceled scheduled online meet-and-greet sessions and evacuated personnel from offices at the theater as police assess whether the attacks were random.