Tokyo Knife Attacker Says She Wanted To Receive Death Penalty
A 15-year-old girl who randomly stabbed and seriously injured a woman and her daughter in Tokyo's Shibuya entertainment district on Saturday night has said she did it because she wanted to receive the death penalty.
The girl was arrested on the scene on suspicion of attempted murder.
Police say a 53-year-old mother and her 19-year-old daughter were attacked with a knife from behind. They say the two were slashed and stabbed repeatedly on their backs, abdomens, shoulders and arms, and that their injuries will take three months to heal.
The female attacker is from Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo. She told police that she attacked two people she randomly encountered on the street.
Police say she was carrying two more knives in addition to the one she used.