U.S. offers condolences to families of victims in Japan attack

The United States offered its "deepest" condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed in a disabilities care facility, the White House said Monday.

A lone male assailant went on a stabbing spree at a care facility for people with disabilities in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture in the early hours of Tuesday local time, killing at least 19 people and injuring almost 30 others.

"There is never any excuse for such violence, but the fact that this attack occurred at a facility for persons with disabilities makes it all the more repugnant and senseless," said Ned Price, spokesman for the National Security Council, in a statement.

"The thoughts of the American people are with our Japanese friends as they mourn the lives lost," said Price. Endi