According to Kyodo News and Asahi Shimbun, on the evening of November 16, a murder occurred in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, where a woman in her 40s was seriously injured by a stranger.

According to the Akasaka Police Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, around 10:25 a.m. on the same day, the police received a report that a woman had been stabbed by a man wearing a black hat inside a building in Akasaka 3-chome, Tokyo. The woman, who is in her 40s, suffered serious injuries to her abdomen and palms, and was conscious when she was taken to the hospital.

The police said that the suspect is believed to have fled towards Aoyama on a bicycle, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is currently pursuing him on suspicion of attempted murder.

Tokyo Metropolitan Police investigators are conducting an investigation near the scene of the Akasaka incident. Kyodo News

The injured woman said that she is a singer, and she was waiting alone in front of a live music venue on the basement level before her performance when she was attacked with a knife. The man was wearing a black work uniform, and she did not know the attacker.

A female restaurant employee near the scene of the incident said, "Fire trucks and police cars arrived, so I initially thought it might just be a small fire. Later, when I saw the news, I learned that a woman had been stabbed, and I was shocked."

A man in his 20s who passed by the scene said, "Ambulance personnel were carrying a stretcher into the elevator in the building. It was terrifying."

The report pointed out that the location of the murder is in a busy commercial area about 150 meters southwest of the Akasaka-Mitsuike Station on the Tokyo Metro. There are many restaurants and other shops in the area.

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