In front of the University of Tokyo Hongo Campus in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, which was the test site on the day of the Common Test for University Admissions on January 1, three people including the examinees were cut off. In response to this, we requested in writing that the safety of the examinees should be ensured.
According to the Ministry of Education, the document was sent to national, public and private universities nationwide under the name of the university entrance examination room.Each university has paid close attention to the security of the test site, but in light of this incident, we requested that the security system be reconfirmed and that the crisis response manual be thoroughly disseminated.
In response to the instructions from the National Police Agency to prefectural police headquarters nationwide to work with the facility managers of the entrance examination venues to ensure the safety of examinees, we will further cooperate with the police station in charge of individual entrance examinations. Is requested to be dense.
In the incident on the 15th, a 17-year-old boy attending a high school in Aichi Prefecture suddenly cut three people, including an examinee, with a kitchen knife on the street in front of the main gate of the Faculty of Agriculture on the Hongo campus and injured him.The boy was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of attempted murder and was sent to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office. Was on alert and caused great confusion.
