Japanese media say a sociology student attacked her classmates with a hammer during class after voicing frustration at being ignored.

Japanese police arrested a student suspected of a hammer attack at a Tokyo university, which local media said left several injured. The 22-year-old South Korean sociology student was apprehended on the spot for allegedly attacking a male student during class at Hosei University’s Tama campus in Tokyo’s western suburbs on Friday,

Japanese police have arrested a student suspected of a hammer attack at a Tokyo university, which left several injured, according to local media.

Eight Tokyo university students attacked by a hammer-wielding woman in a classroom are recuperating and none required hospitalization, their school has said.