One person was killed and two hurt in a stabbing attack Wednesday at Japan's JR Nagano train station. One woman and two men were waiting for a bus on the station's north side when they were attacked.

NAGANO: A man stabbed three people at a train station in central Japan on Wednesday (Jan 22) before fleeing the scene, leaving one person dead, local media reported. The attack occurred around 8.00pm,

NAGANO (Japan), Jan 23 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- A man was killed and two others injured in a random stabbing near JR Nagano Station on Wednesday evening, Kyodo news agency quoted local police and fire authorities said.

One person died and two others were injured in a knife attack outside a train station in central Japan, authorities said. Police were looking for a suspect who fled after the attack in Nagano on Wednesday night.

Police are hunting for the suspect, who is believed to be in possession of a bladed weapon and wore a white cloth over his head.

Police are searching for a suspect who fled after a stabbing at JR Nagano Station on Wednesday night that left one person dead and two others injured. The attack happened around 8 p.m. outside the station where a man armed with what appeared to be a knife targeted three people, according to public broadcaster NHK.

Multiple people were stabbed on Wednesday (Jan 22) evening at a train station in central Japan, a hub of transport to ski areas, leaving one man with no vital signs, while the male suspect fled the scene,

TOKYO -- One man died after a fatal knife attack near Japan's JR Nagano Station at around 8 pm local time on Wednesday, local media reported. Three people, including two men and one woman, were attacked by a suspect wielding a knife-like weapon near the Zenkoji Exit bus rotary of JR Nagano Station, the national broadcaster NHK reported.