Japan stabbings: Children among DEAD after knifeman kills three in park RAMPAGE

According to reports, the attacker stabbed at least 15 children in a park in Kawasaki. A suspect has been arrested following the attack local media have reported. The attack took place at 07.44am local time (10.44pm BST).

As of yet, it is unclear as to the motive of the attacker on Tuesday morning.

A witness told Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK): “I heard screaming, then I saw a man standing with a knife in each hand

“Then he crumbled to the ground.”

According to local news outlet NHK, the attacker stabbed himself in the shoulder before being detained and subsequently died at the scene. 

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Officials have confirmed that at least 15 people have been injured while with some of victims being children aged around six or seven. 

Police also confirmed that they discovered two knives and that one of the fatalities was a child. 

Moreover, roads around the area have been closed as emergency services have rushed to the scene.

Images from local broadcasters have shown emergency services setting up a crime scene and blocking off all surrounding roads.

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US President Donald Trump offered “prayers and sympathy” to the victims of the horrific attack. 

Trump also added: “All Americans stand with the people of Japan and grieve for the victims and for their families.”

In 2010 there was another attack in a Tokyo suburb.

The attack injured more than a dozen spree following a rampage on a school and commuter bus.

Two days before the attack, a 28-year-old man drove a truck in a pedestrian crossing.

As a result, three people died before another four were fatally stabbed.