19 Killed in Stabbing Attack Near Tokyo

ByEMILY SHAPIRO ABCNews logo
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Police officers are seen in front of a facility for the disabled where multiple people were killed and many more wounded by a knife-wielding man, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, July 26, 2016.
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Some 19 people were killed and about 20 others were injured in a stabbing attack at a disabled living facility near Tokyo, according to the Sagamihara City Fire Department.

An employee of the facility told police a man carrying a knife broke into the building, Japan's broadcasting company NHK reported.

A man later turned himself into police and told authorities he was a former employee of the center, NHK reported.

The facility is located in Sagamihara, about 35 miles outside Tokyo.

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