Man arrested in Japan's Osaka after suspected car attack on children

A 28-year-old man was arrested in the Japanese city of Osaka on Thursday after allegedly ramming his car into seven schoolchildren in a suspected deliberate attack, The Japan Times reported citing local police.

The children, who had been on their way home from school, were injured and rushed to hospital but all seven remained conscious. One suffered a serious injury to their face, police said.

Yuki Yazawa, an unemployed resident of Tokyo who was driving the vehicle, was arrested by the Osaka Prefectural Police on the spot on suspicion of attempted murder.

According to police, Yazawa said he was "fed up with everything," and that he tried to kill schoolchildren by ramming his car into them.