Man held after two injured in Tokyo Metro knife attack

Police outside Todaimae Station on the Namboku Line on Wednesday evening after a knife attack at the station 　 | JIJI

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May 8, 2025

Police arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder over a knife attack that left two people injured at Todaimae Station on Tokyo Metro's Namboku Line on Wednesday evening.

The suspect, 43-year-old Yoshitaka Toda, whose occupation is unknown, has remained silent during interrogation after being arrested at the scene, investigative sources said.

At around 7 p.m., police received an emergency call from station staff that a man was brandishing a knife.