Eight students injured in Japan university hammer attack recovering

THE GUARDIAN

Eight Tokyo university students attacked by a hammer-wielding woman in a classroom are recuperating and none required hospitalisation, their school has said.

A 22-year-old student who identified herself as South Korean was arrested on the spot Friday on suspicion of assault, a Tokyo police spokesman told AFP.

Several reports had said people were seen bleeding from the head after the attack, which public broadcaster NHK said had been motivated by frustration over bullying, citing investigative sources.

The attacker began swinging a hammer in the classroom “all of a sudden”, a student who witnessed the incident told Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi.