Authorities in Japan say one person is dead and two others are injured after a knife attack Wednesday night outside a train station in Nagano.

One person was killed and two hurt in a stabbing attack Wednesday at Japan's JR Nagano train station. One woman and two men were waiting for a bus on the station's north side when they were attacked.

NAGANO: A man stabbed three people at a train station in central Japan on Wednesday (Jan 22) before fleeing the scene, leaving one person dead, local media reported. The attack occurred around 8.00pm,

NAGANO (Japan), Jan 23 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- A man was killed and two others injured in a random stabbing near JR Nagano Station on Wednesday evening, Kyodo news agency quoted local police and fire authorities said.

Police are hunting for the suspect, who is believed to be in possession of a bladed weapon and wore a white cloth over his head.

TOKYO -- One man died after a fatal knife attack near Japan's JR Nagano Station at around 8 pm local time on Wednesday, local media reported. Three people, including two men and one woman, were attacked by a suspect wielding a knife-like weapon near the Zenkoji Exit bus rotary of JR Nagano Station, the national broadcaster NHK reported.

Police are searching for a suspect who fled after a stabbing at JR Nagano Station on Wednesday night that left one person dead and two others injured. The attack happened around 8 p.m. outside the station where a man armed with what appeared to be a knife targeted three people, according to public broadcaster NHK.

Multiple people were stabbed on Wednesday (Jan 22) evening at a train station in central Japan, a hub of transport to ski areas, leaving one man with no vital signs, while the male suspect fled the scene,