Two people suffered burns during a sulfuric acid attack Tuesday evening, August 24 in a Tokyo subway station, and their attacker was still wanted, police and Japanese media announced on Wednesday August 25.
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While taking an escalator in the station, a 22-year-old man was burned in the face by liquid thrown by an individual who then fled, a police spokesperson told AFP.
It was sulfuric acid, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
A 34-year-old woman slipped and suffered minor burns on her legs from the fluid.
This assault on the Shirokane-Takanawa subway station, in the center of Tokyo, comes as the Paralympic Games have just opened on Tuesday, August 24 in the Japanese capital under high security.
The Games are scheduled to last until September 5 and take place behind closed doors due to Covid-19.
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In early August, while the Olympics were being held, a knife attack on a commuter train in Tokyo left ten people injured. The perpetrator, a Japanese man in his thirties, was quickly arrested. However, such acts of violence are rare in Japan, where firearms laws are otherwise extremely strict.
