Man crashes car into crowd in Tokyo

Nine people have been injured after a man deliberately ploughed his car into crowds celebrating New Year's Eve along a famous street in Tokyo, police and media said on Tuesday. With an "intent to murder", a man identified as 21-year-old Kazuhiro Kusakabe drove a small vehicle into Takeshita Street in Tokyo's fashion district of Harajuku at 10 minutes past midnight. According to national broadcaster NHK, Kusakabe told police he was acting in "retribution for the death penalty" without g