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More than 40 stabbed inside home for disabled in Tokyo

By Anna Giaritelli
Published July 25, 2016 11:53pm ET
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More than 40 stabbed inside home for disabled in Tokyo
Ambulance crew and firefighters work outside a facility for the handicapped in Sagamihara, Japan, following a knife attack. (Kyodo News via AP) | 073853+0900

Nineteen people were killed and two dozen others injured early Tuesday after a man stabbed more than 40 disabled people at an assisted-living facility near Tokyo, NKH reported.

Police in Sagaihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, say the assailant is in his 20s and turned himself in following the incident.

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