A Fukuokan's Notes from Sapporo

Back in Fukuoka, yet another stabbing incident occurred—this time at the local library I used to visit every week.

A 61-year-old man stabbed two visitors, aged around 80 and 50, and a security guard in his 70s (Yes, in Japan, people of that age sometimes work in this sector, but that's another story).

I was shocked that even the library could become the stage for such a sinister incident. At the same time, part of me had a feeling that it might happen one day in this area, which seems prone to unexplainable crimes, where a socially marginalized person attacks ordinary, innocent people for no particular reason. 

Reference: Knife attack at Fukuoka public library leaves 3 injured - The Mainichi