TOKYO: Two people including a policeman were killed in Japan yesterday, officials said, when a man stabbed the officer, seized his gun and shot a security guard dead in a rare violent crime, reports AFP.

A police spokesman told AFP the attacker had stabbed the officer at a police station in central Toyama prefecture, then grabbed his gun and fled the scene.

The officer, 46-year-old Kenichi Inaizumi, was confirmed dead at a hospital, the police spokesman added.

The attacker then shot and killed Shinichi Nakamura, a 68-year-old security guard working nearby, according to local police.

Nakamura was rushed to hospital but also died of his wounds.