2 dead in suspected crossbow attack

4 June


Police in western Japan have arrested a man on suspicion of attacking several people with what appears to be a crossbow. 


Two of them are reportedly unconscious.


Police officers went to a home in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture, Thursday morning, after a caller reported being hit by an arrow shot by a grandchild.


They say a man in his 20s believed to be a college student attacked members of his family with what appears to be a crossbow.


The man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.


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