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A 15-year-old junior high school student has died after she and a male classmate were stabbed Saturday while waiting in line at a fast-food restaurant in Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, according to local police.
The assailant, described as a man around 40 years old and approximately 170 centimeters tall, remains at large following the incident.
Police identified the girl on Sunday as Saaya Nakashima, a third-year junior high school student from Kitakyushu. The other victim, also 15, said they were “stabbed by a complete stranger.”
Photo taken shortly past midnight Dec. 14, 2024, shows the fast-food restaurant in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, where two junior high school students were stabbed. (Kyodo)
According to the police, the man entered a McDonald’s restaurant in Kitakyushu and stabbed the two students once each at around 8:30 p.m. as they waited near the back of the line to order.
He carried out the attack in silence and fled on foot, spending less than 30 seconds in the store, they said.
Nakashima was stabbed in the abdomen and was taken to the hospital, showing no vital signs. She was later confirmed dead, with an autopsy determining the cause of death as blood loss.
The boy was stabbed in the waist, but the injuries appear not to be life-threatening.
The pair, believed to have been on their way home from cram school, had entered the McDonald’s together more than 10 minutes before the incident.
The police said the attacker was wearing a gray top, black pants, and what appeared to be yellow footwear, adding his face was visible during the stabbing.
It remains unclear if the attacker had any connection to Nakashima.
The police are investigating the case as murder.
Kitakyushu canceled all extracurricular activities and events at city-run schools and kindergartens on Sunday.
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