Two Dead, Three Hospitalized After Stabbing and Fire at Gifu Cake Shop
Police are investigating whether one of 11 people gathered at a cake shop in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, was involved in a fire that left two people dead and three others injured on the night of September 5, after an emergency caller reported that someone had been stabbed and gasoline had been spread before the blaze broke out. (News On Japan)
Two people were killed and three others injured in a stabbing and fire incident at a cake shop in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, on September 5. An emergency call reported that someone had been stabbed, gasoline had been spread, and a fire had started at the closed-for-the-day shop, where 11 people, including acquaintances, were gathered. Police suspect the fire may have been deliberately set and are investigating the incident.
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