Seventeen wounded in knife attacks at Japan metro in Tokyo. The attacker was reportedly tried to set one of the wagons on fire with lighter fluid after the attack. The attacker was identified to be a 24-year-old Japanese man named Kyota Hattori. Video emerged after attacks shows that Hattori wears a purple suit and green shirt imitating the villain of Joker in Batman series. He confessed that he was influenced by the Joker in his statement to the police. The culprit said he wanted to kill people in order to be sentenced to death, and that he was impressed by the knife attacks in August in the country.
Egyptian media reports that ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel in Gaza, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, are set to resume next week. Israel is awaiting Hamas’s response to the ceasefire offer.
Israeli and US delegations, who were in Doha for negotiations, have returned home for consultations. The current agreement being discussed includes the exchange of hostages and prisoners, with plans for further talks on a permanent ceasefire and the release of additional hostages.
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