Overview
- Police received a report around 10:30 a.m. Sunday of a stabbing in a multi-tenant building in Minato Ward’s Akasaka district.
- The victim, a woman reported as 47, suffered wounds to her abdomen and hand and was hospitalized conscious with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Officers say she had no prior acquaintance with the assailant and had come to the basement store on business when she found it closed.
- The suspect, described as a man wearing a black hat, fled the scene carrying a knife, prompting an active manhunt near Akasaka-mitsuke Station.
- Investigators are canvassing the busy area for witnesses and evidence as they work to identify and locate the attacker.