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Students at Hosei University in Tokyo recounted their horror after a classmate went on a rampage, swinging a hammer at students seated nearby in a lecture hall. The incident occurred on January 10 at the Tama Campus in western Tokyo.

Eight students were injured in the attack, but none were critically hurt. A 22-year-old South Korean student was arrested on campus, reportedly telling investigators, “I got frustrated.

The incident took place in a large lecture hall on the second floor of the Faculty of Social Sciences building. The hall, which can accommodate around 100 students, was the scene of chaos as the attacker swung the hammer, measuring about 30 centimeters in length.

A 20-year-old student of the faculty recalled being in the lecture hall shortly before 4 p.m. when she heard a scream from the back of the room. Turning around, she saw students scrambling to flee, with one having blood pouring down her face. Not understanding what had transpired, the 20-year-old also ran toward the front of the classroom.

When she turned around again, she saw a classmate holding the hammer. “I was so shocked that such a thing could happen during a university lecture,” the student said. “I was so scared my hands were shaking for quite some time.”

Another student, a 20-year-old in the Faculty of Social Policy and Administration, was sitting in the fifth row from the back of the lecture hall. He heard a dull sound and thought that perhaps someone had been punched and a fight was about to start. When he turned around, he saw the attacker swinging the hammer and hitting students on their heads.

“I always thought that scary incidents shown on TV news would never occur near me, but I now know it can happen to anyone,” he said.

A third-year student in his 20s described the perpetrator as showing no expression during the attacks. When the hammer slipped from her hand, she started slapping others with her bare hand and hurled her mobile phone to the floor.

“Scary is the only way to describe what happened in the classroom,” the student said. “I thought there was no way to prevent it.”

A fourth-year student in the Faculty of Social Sciences was in a nearby building when the incident occurred. “I learned about the incident when a friend sent me a Line message asking if I was OK,” the student said. “I never thought such an incident would occur on campus.”

He saw an ambulance park outside another building used to treat the injured students. The incident has left students shaken, with many expressing surprise and fear that such an attack could occur on campus.

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