Knife-wielding man shot by police after Osaka apartment quarrel

A police officer used his handgun to shoot a man wielding two kitchen knives on Monday in Osaka after an altercation at an apartment building in which a woman was injured.The man, identified as Koji Matsumoto, 58, was conscious when he was taken to hospital after a bullet hit his right flank, police said. He was arrested on suspicion of violation of the swords and firearms control law.The police received an emergency call at around 6 a.m. saying that a man and woman were quarreling at an apartment building in Suminoe Ward. Matsumoto apparently slashed the woman, who was in her 70s, during t…READ FULL ARTICLE