According to the police, at around 11:30 a.m., a person passing by reported that someone had been cut with a knife near the south exit of JR Niigata Station in Chuo Ward, Niigata City. When police rushed to the scene, they found a man who appeared to have been cut with a knife, bleeding from his arm and conscious. The person who appears to have slashed the victim left the scene, and police are investigating his whereabouts.