Japanese reaction to knife rampage

The knife attack in Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district was perpetrated by 25 year old Tomohiro Kato.  Seven people were killed and many more were left injured."In Japan's deadliest crime in seven years, Kato...

Japan: Killer of seven gave online warning of Tokyo rampage

" The 25-year-old man arrested for stabbing seven people to death on a Tokyo street had warned that he was about to kill in a series of messages he sent to an online noticeboard, some posted minutes before he went on the rampage.In the first post at 5.21am on Sunday, on a...

Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before

" TOKYO — The suspect in Sunday’s stabbing spree that left seven people dead and 10 others injured has told investigators that he decided several days before to stage the attack at the Akihabara electronics...

Tokyo knifeman Tomohiro Kato recorded killing spree on mobile phone blog

" The knifeman who carried out Japan’s worst killing rampage in central Tokyo yesterday, killing seven people, may have been planning the attack for months. Police investigating the killing spree, which took...

Japan police probe stab 'warning'

Japanese Police have started investigating Tomohiro Kato, a factory employee from Shizuoka prefecture, stabbing spree. Sleuths are also looking into the allegation that several messages sent by mobile phone to a website that appeared to foretell the...

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