The Seiyu supermarket where a slashing attack took place is seen in Sendai's Taihaku Ward on Dec. 11, 2021. (Mainichi/Hana Fujita)

       SENDAI -- A woman turned herself in to police here on Dec. 11 after allegedly slashing a stranger at a local supermarket that morning.

       A man in his 60s was reading a book in the first-floor book section at a Seiyu supermarket in Sendai's Taihaku Ward at about 5:25 a.m. when a woman who appeared to be a janitor slashed him in the left arm with a blade, saying, "You're in my way," among other things.

       The man's wounds are expected to take two weeks to heal. The injuries were not life-threatening.

       About 4 1/2 hours later, a woman turned herself in to the Miyagi Prefectural Police's Sendai Minami Police Station. She was carrying a bladed weapon thought to be the same one used in the supermarket slashing. Investigators plan to arrest her on suspicion of attempted murder once suspicions against her are established.

       (Japanese original by Hana Fujita, Sendai Bureau)

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