Overview
- An emergency call around 4:30 p.m. reported multiple people cut inside the Yokohama Rubber Mishima factory, and fire officials later said 15 were injured.
- Shizuoka Prefectural Police arrested a 38-year-old man who identified himself as Masatake Koyama on suspicion of attempted murder.
- The arrest allegation states he stabbed a 28-year-old man inside the plant around 4 p.m. with a knife-like object.
- Authorities are investigating reports that a liquid was poured during the incident, which remain unconfirmed.
- A company representative declined to comment, and residents and nearby workers expressed alarm about the violence at the tire plant that employs 987 people.