A Japanese man carrying two knives waded into a crowd of schoolgirls at a bus stop outside Tokyo on Tuesday and began stabbing them one by one, injuring more than a dozen and killing an adult and a 12-year-old.

The middle aged man then apparently committed suicide by stabbing himself in the neck, said the state broadcaster NHK, citing police.

The children, thought to be between the ages of 6 and 12, were students at a private Catholic school and were boarding their school bus when the man attacked around 7:45 a.m. in Kawasaki city.

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