• A 28-year-old man was arrested in Osaka for allegedly driving his car into seven schoolchildren.
• The children, aged seven and eight, were injured but remained conscious after the attack.
• The attacker reportedly stated he was "fed up with everything" and intended to kill.
• Local police are treating the incident as attempted murder.
• Violent incidents, while rare, provoke concern in Japan's typically safe society.

In Osaka, a 28-year-old man residing in Tokyo was arrested for deliberately driving his car into seven primary school children on their way home from school, according to Channel News Asia and South China Morning Post. The children sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital but all remained conscious following the incident.

Eyewitness accounts describe the vehicle "zigzagging" as it struck the children, with one girl reportedly "covered in blood." The driver was described as appearing shocked and was wearing a surgical mask when he was apprehended by schoolteachers, according to India Times and South China Morning Post.

Japanese police indicated that the most serious injury among the children was a fractured jaw suffered by a seven-year-old girl, while the other six boys had milder injuries like bruises and scratches, reports Channel News Asia and India Times.

Upon interrogation, the man purportedly confessed to police that he was "fed up with everything" and intended to kill, thus he rammed his vehicle into the group of children. Authorities are currently holding him on suspicion of attempted murder, as this act has raised alarm in a country where violent crime is generally infrequent, as noted by South China Morning Post and India Times.