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A man stands up in Ota-ku, Tokyo, and information on the sound of shooting is also police “evacuation” | NHK

On the night of the 28th, a woman was found injured in an apartment in Ota-ku, Tokyo, and she is being treated at a hospital. There is also information that a man who seems to be a female acquaintance was standing in the room and made a sound like shooting a gun at the scene.

Police officers are calling on residents of the condominium to evacuate and are investigating the detailed situation.

Around 10:30 pm on the 28th, there was a 119 call at an apartment in Ota-ku, Tokyo, saying that a woman was stabbed by a knife and a man was rampaging.

Police officers rushed in and found that the woman had an injured arm and was taken to the hospital by ambulance for treatment, but she was conscious.

According to investigators, a man in his thirties, who seems to live on the third floor of this condominium, is standing in his room.

There is also information that there was a sound like shooting a gun at the scene.

The Metropolitan Police Department is calling on the residents of the condominium to evacuate and is investigating the detailed situation.

The site is a residential area about 1 km away from Keikyu Kamata Station, and many police vehicles are gathering around it to set up a regulation line, and investigators wearing bulletproof vests are rushing in and out.