Hiroshima Schoolgirl Arrested after Slashing Fellow Students

   Hiroshima, May 21 (Jiji Press)--A female high school student in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, was arrested Wednesday after slashing three fellow students with a knife.
   Local authorities received an emergency call around 10:15 a.m. from a correspondence high school in the Hiroshima city of Fukuyama saying that a female student injured three other female students with a knife.
   The three victims were injured, but none of the injuries were life-threatening, according to fire and police authorities.
   Police officers arrested the alleged perpetrator on the spot on suspicion of attempted murder. All four students are in their 10s.

(2025/05/21-14:02)