Two people including a policeman were killed in Japan Tuesday, officials said, when a man stabbed the officer, seized his gun and shot a security guard dead in a rare violent crime.
A police spokesman told AFP the attacker had stabbed the officer at a police station in central Toyama prefecture, then grabbed his gun and fled the scene.
The officer, 46-year-old Kenichi Inaizumi, was confirmed dead at a hospital, the police spokesman added.
The attacker then shot and killed Shinichi Nakamura, a 68-year-old security guard working nearby, according to local police.
Nakamura was rushed to hospital but also died of his wounds.
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The suspect himself was seriously injured after being shot in the stomach by police as they tried to arrest him. He was then detained.
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