Japanese police arrest man after alleged car attack on schoolchildren, say reports

theguardian.comPublished: 5/1/2025

Summary

Police in the Japanese city of Osaka have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after he drove his car into seven schoolchildren, according to local media. “I was just sick of everything so I decided to drive my car into the elementary school students to kill them,” Yazawa told police, according to NHK. He only just started elementary school last month, and then something like this happened. He was very quiet and appeared to be in a daze.”Another witness told NHK that the car reversed back into the children after crashing into them. An elementary school pupil told another news outlet, MBS News, that the man in the car had been “driving unsteadily”.