Mass stabbing of schoolchildren in Tokyo leaves three dead

A knife-wielding man has attacked a group of schoolchildren waiting for a bus in a Japanese city near Tokyo, killing three people and injuring 16 others, officials said.

A suspect, a middle aged man, stabbed himself in the neck and later died in hospital.

According to eyewitnesses, the man began stabbing the children and then boarded the bus and stabbed children inside as well.

The reason of the attack is yet unknown.