Scissor-Wielding Suspect Arrested at Bloodied Hankyu Jūsō Station

At around 11:00 AM on January 28, a 110 emergency call was made near the west exit of Hankyu Juso Station, reporting that multiple people had been injured in a stabbing incident. When police officers arrived at the scene, the suspect, who had been brandishing a knife, had already been subdued by bystanders.

What exactly happened?

The suspect, identified as Toshitake (Ribu) Shimada, 22, of unknown occupation, residing in Yodogawa Ward, Osaka City, was arrested on the spot for attempted murder. Shimada allegedly stabbed an acquaintance in the head with a pair of scissors approximately 7.5 cm in blade length, attempting to kill him.

Fortunately, the victim only sustained bruises, but another acquaintance who intervened suffered a cut on his finger. Shimada himself also appeared to have cut his own fingers, bleeding heavily, with his hands and shoes stained with blood.

By chance, the author was present at the scene and captured footage of Shimada being taken into custody. During his arrest, Shimada hurled profanities at the police officers the entire time.

“Hurry up and put me in the patrol car! I’m in pain here!”

“You guys are seriously useless! At this rate, you’ll be stuck as beat cops at the station for life!”

He remained highly agitated throughout.

Since Shimada was covered in blood, the officers wore gloves for infection prevention and used blankets and plastic covers inside the patrol car to avoid contaminating the seats as much as possible. Seeing this, Shimada became even more furious and suddenly kicked off his blood-soaked right sneaker.

“I don’t need these shoes anymore!” he shouted. But when it came time to get into the patrol car, he suddenly changed his tune:

“Hurry up and put my shoes back on! My feet hurt! Let me ride in an ambulance instead of this!”—his words displaying utter selfishness.

As he was getting into the car, he touched an uncovered headrest with his bloody hands, prompting an officer to yell, “Don’t touch that!! Move further in—someone else is getting in!”

Shimada kept demanding an ambulance, to which an officer responded, “We’ll call one when we get to the station, so hang in there.” With that, Shimada was transported to the Yodogawa Police Station.