Knife -wielding attacker kills 19 in Japan's mental health care facility
The attacker has been identified as Satoshi Uematsu.
Local media reports said, he has been arrested.
"Police arrested Satoshi Uematsu, a 26-year-old former employee of the facility in the city of Sagamihara, as he turned himself in to a local police station at around 3 a.m., about 15 minutes after the facility staff alerted the police about the stabbing spree," Japan's Kyodo News reported.
The attack has left 25 others injured.
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