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2 women knifed at JR Osaka Station, sustain minor injuries

Two women sustained minor injuries when they were cut on the arm in separate incidents on a platform of JR Osaka Station on Sunday afternoon, according to a Kyodo news report.

A 52-year-old woman was cut on her left arm around 1:35 p.m., and some five minutes later, a 20-year-old woman was also cut on her left arm as she was about to get on a train, according to the police.

Neither of the women saw the attacker, who is thought to have escaped the scene, the police added.

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