Osaka bookshop stabbing suspect held 'grudge', police say

Japanese police arrested a 33-year-old man after a bookshop worker was stabbed in Osaka on Sunday, a police spokesman said.

The suspect, identified as Satoshi Okamoto, allegedly used a kitchen knife to stab the worker at a branch of the national chain Maruzen & Junkudo in the centre of Japan's second city.

Police said the worker called officers immediately after the stabbing. They did not give details of the victim's condition, but said there was no fear for his life.

The suspect remained inside the store until his arrest, police said. According to the police spokesman, he admitted the stabbing and told officers: “I held a grudge against society as a whole.”