Påkörningen took place on Takeshitagatan in the Shibuya area in western Tokyo ten minutes into the new year, writes the japanese tv channel NHK.
the Street was closed to traffic and a large number of pedestrians were there when the motorist, a man in his 20s, drove into the street. The man could run 130 meters before the car stopped.
and was taken to the hospital. They are stated to be from the teens to the 50s. One of them, a student, must be in a coma.
When the police arrived to the site had the man fled but was apprehended 20 minutes later, the magazine writes.
According to the police, the man should first have said that he carried out a terrorist attack.
the suspect in the attempted murder of the student. According to the police, he has vidgått the accusations, and later said that the bombing was an ”attack on the system with the death penalty” in Japan.