東京京王線、10両=car/carriageの上り特急電車=an inbound Keio Line limited express train bound for Shinjukuで、10月31日ハロウィーンの夜、24歳の男（服部）が、刃渡り30センチのサバイバルナイフと殺虫剤を取り出し、注意をした男性の顔に殺虫剤をかけ胸を刺すという事件が起きました。
Immediately after the 10-car train departed Chofu Station, Hattori took out a knife with a blade 30 centimeters long and pesticides from his backpack.
※blade=刃、刃渡り
※pesticide=殺虫剤 →insecticide
A nearby 72-year-old male passenger saw him and asked Hattori, “What are you doing?” Hattori splashed some pesticide over the man’s head and then suddenly stabbed the man in the right side of his chest.
※stab=刺す
その後、ライター用オイルをまいて火をつけました。乗客らは通路を叫び走り逃げ、窓から外に這い出る人もいました。
He splashed around lighter fluid and then set the liquid ablaze. Passengers ran screaming down the aisles of train carriages and scrambled out of windows to escape.
※set ～ ablaze ～に火をつける
※scramble out of ～から飛び出る、はい出る →climb out
服部はパニックを横目にたばこを燻らしていましたが、殺人未遂と放火で現行犯逮捕され、11月2日には送検されました。
Kyota Hattori, 24, of unknown address and occupation, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder and arson. Police referred Hattori to the public prosecutor’s office on Nov. 2.
見出し：⇒Halloween night stabbing rampage／spree
※rampage=暴れ回ること、凶暴な行動［行為］
※spreeやりたい放題
電車内での犯行前、服部はハロウィーンの仮装をした若者たちでごった返す渋谷をうろついていました。
He arrived at Shibuya, a major gathering spot for Halloween partygoers.
He walked around the streets of Shibuya, which were packed with costumed revelers.
※gathering spot 多く人が集まるたまり場
※partygoer パーティ参加者
※reveler お祭り騒ぎをする人 revel:大いに楽しむ、どんちゃん騒ぎをする、酒盛りをする
今年6月に、業務上のトラブルで退職し、地元福岡市を離れ、神戸市や名古屋市を経由して、9月から東京に滞在していたとされる服部は「人を殺して死刑になりたかった」と語っていると言います。
The Metropolitan Police Department（警視庁） learned that Hattori had caused trouble at his workplace in June and quit his job.
The 24-year-old suspect told police that he had planned to commit the heinous crime since June.
※heinous＝凶悪な
“I wanted to commit mass murder and be executed. I started premeditating the crime from June and decided on Halloween because many people would be out,” he said, according to sources.
※premeditate=前もって［あらかじめ］熟考［計画］する
「バットマン」の悪役「ジョーカー」に似たスーツを着ており、人を殺す事にためらいを覚えないバットマンにあこがれていたと言われます。
Hattori was wearing a purple suit and a green dress shirt when he was arrested on the train on Oct. 31 and said he was dressed as the Joker, a villain from the Batman comic books.
※villain=悪党、悪人/〔劇や小説などの〕悪役、かたき役⇔hero
“I copied the Joker,” he said, adding that he “admired” the character because, “The Joker is so comfortable with murdering people.”
The costume was “my best outfit that I purposefully purchased to wear for this day,” he told police.
地元の同級生たちは、目立たない存在だったと驚きの声を上げています。成人式＝the Coming of Age Day celebrationであった男性は、“He had little presence.” （存在感がほとんどなかった）と述べました。
The violent incident shocked Hattori’s hometown friends, with some describing him as having a “low-key personality.”
※low-key目立たない
