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Japanese media say a sociology student attacked her classmates with a hammer during class after voicing frustration at being ...

Japanese police have arrested a student suspected of a hammer attack at a Tokyo university, which local media said left ...

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The suspect, who said she is a South Korean national and student at the university, claimed to have lashed out after being ...

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