強國日本 - Subway passenger injured by knife following emergency stop 日本, 2011, kitchen, subway, caused

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Oct. 04, 2011 - 03:20PM JST

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TOKYO

An emergency stop on a Tokyo subway train resulted in a man being stabbed in the leg with a kitchen knife on Monday, Tokyo Metro said Tuesday.

The Tozai line subway train was pulling in to Otemachi Station at about 8:30 a.m. when the driver was forced to perform an emergency stop. The sudden movement of the train caused a kitchen knife being carried by a chef to burst out of a paper bag and stab a nearby passenger in the leg. The man is said to have sustained a minor cut in the incident.

NTV reported that the knife was wrapped in plastic wrap, but was not being transported in a case. The knife’s owner was quoted by police as saying that he never imagined anything like this could happen.

Police say they are currently investigating whether the man can be charged with accidental infliction of injury.