2 dead as man stabs 16 schoolgirls, 2 adults in rampage near Tokyo

Sixteen pupils and two parents waiting with them for their school bus were stabbed by a man wielding knives in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Tuesday morning, leaving a girl and a man dead, police and school officials said.The 16 schoolgirls, students at Caritas Elementary School, a private Catholic school in the city, were attacked by the suspect, identified by police as 51-year-old Kawasaki resident Ryuichi Iwasaki, who was holding knives in both hands.Iwasaki died in the hospital as a result of a self-inflicted stab wound to the neck, police said.A boy also sustained minor injuries in the attack…READ FULL ARTICLE