According to NHK, an employee of the Seicomart convenience store in the regional capital of Sapporo told local police that a man was acting aggressively with what looked like a kitchen knife shortly before 7 a.m. local time.
Image of a Seicomart store in Japan. Photo: Facebook/Seicomart
Three employees in their 40s and 60s were stabbed and injured, including a man in his 40s who was taken to hospital and later died. NHK quoted police as saying that two others, a man and a woman, were still conscious.
A 43-year-old unemployed local man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, NHK added.
In January, three men were injured in a stabbing in Tokyo's tourist hotspot Akihabara.
In recent years, there have been a number of high-profile cases involving random knife attacks and arson on subways in Japan, and there is growing concern about homemade guns and explosives.
Mai Anh (according to CNA, NHK)
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