A 48-year-old man was arrested following an attack in eastern Japan on Monday in which several people were slashed with a blade, according to local authorities.Hirokazu Shiobara was arrested at the scene for attempting to murder a man in his 70s by slashing his face and right wrist. The incident occurred around 6:10 p.m. in a shopping area around 750 meters northwest of Mito Station in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo.Shiobara admitted to the slashing, with police suspecting him of having carried out an indiscriminate attack.An emergency call was made about someone being "slashed with…READ FULL ARTICLE
