Man admits to stabbing passengers in 2021 random Tokyo train attack

A 37-year-old man accused of attempted murder admitted Tuesday to stabbing three passengers in a random knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train in 2021, but his defense team argued his intent to kill was not firm in his first court hearing.Yusuke Tsushima is indicted for seriously injuring a then 20-year-old female university student by stabbing her several times in the chest and back, as well as injuring a woman in her 50s and a man in his 30s on an Odakyu Electric Railway train on Aug. 6, 2021.In an opening statement at the Tokyo District Court, prosecutors said Tsushima had long harbored …READ FULL ARTICLE