19 Dead, 45 Injured at a disabled home in Japan.

At least 19 people were killed and at least 45 wounded in

a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the handicapped in

a city just west of Tokyo in a rare case of mass violence

in Japan, according to Japanese media reports. Police

said they responded to a call about 2:30 a.m. on

Tuesday from an employee saying that they saw a man

dressed in black clothes holding a weapon in the

grounds of the Tsukui Yamayuri Garden and that

something horrible was happening at the facility in the

city of Sagamihara.

2 hours after the incident, a man turned himself in at a

police station, police in Sagamihara said but left the

knife in his car when he entered the station. Police said a

26-year-old man who was a former staff member

confessed to the stabbings. The suspect reportedly

escaped the facility but then turned himself in as He has

been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and

trespassing. Police said there were several casualties but

did not provide numbers.

Four of the injured are said to be in a serious condition.

Japan's national broadcaster NHK reported the suspect's

name as Tsukui Yamayuri-en.

Television footage showed a number of ambulances

parked outside the facility, with medical and other

rescue workers running in and out. Mass killings are

relatively rare in Japan, which has extremely strict gun-

control laws.

Source:AP