japanese → English transcript

Reporting from the scene in Akasaka. It's been more than one hour since the incident occurred, but the cordon is still in place.

Just entering the scene, there are more than 20 police and fire officials and police vehicles. According to investigators, the incident occurred around 5:30 p.m.

There was a 110 emergency call reporting that an employee was suddenly stabbed in a building in Akasaka, Minato Ward. A man in his thirties was stabbed with a knife by another man and injured; the extent of his injuries is not yet known.

Also, another man in his thirties sustained minor injuries.

There are lots of police officers inside.

But we don't know what happened.

Apparently he was one of the people who were stabbed. I was shown and was shocked.

A police car put the man inside and took him away.

Investigators say the man believed to have stabbed him is a foreign national and may be a former employee.

The Metropolitan Police arrested the man at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder and are investigating the details of the incident.