A male employee was injured after being stabbed with a bladed weapon at a bookstore in Osaka's Kita Ward in western Japan.

S/ Reporter / The male clerk was working near the cash register when he was suddenly stabbed from behind by a man.

Police arrested a man in his 30s at the scene on suspicion of assault resulting in injury.

The incident occurred at the MaruzenJunkudo Bookstores’ Umeda store in the Chayamachi area of Osaka’s Kita Ward.

Shortly after 11 a.m. on November 8, an emergency call was made reporting about the thigh-stabbing incident.

Authorities said the store clerk was stabbed in the left thigh and taken to a hospital while conscious.

Police arrested the suspect, who was sitting on the floor inside the store.

Police say the two men did not know each other.

They added that the suspect admitted to the allegation and told investigators that he held a grudge against society.

Police are investigating the circumstances of the incident in detail.