JAPAN: A man was arrested on suspicion of driving his car into seven schoolchildren who were walking home, injuring them, one seriously, police said today.

Police were handling the case as attempted murder rather than reckless driving because the suspect, Yuki Yazawa, 28, told investigators that he was “sick and tired of everything” and drove his car into the children to kill them, officials said.

The injured schoolchildren were aged seven and eight and were walking home from a primary school nearby, police said.