Overview
- Police say a 44-year-old man attacked two teenagers with a hammer near his home in Fussa, a municipality in the Tokyo area.
- When officers arrived, the man sprayed an unidentified substance that injured three of them before he fled.
- Five people are confirmed wounded in total, including one teenager with a serious facial injury and another with a minor shoulder wound.
- Local outlets NHK and Kyodo reported the details relayed by AFP and Ouest-France, and Tokyo Metropolitan Police declined to comment.
- The case draws extra attention in Japan, where violent assaults are uncommon and strict firearm rules shape expectations about public safety.