Ragged 5 months ago under: Tsutsumo Hirano, Tomohiro Kato
Source: yahoo.com
News that the attacker had posted Internet messages saying he intended to kill people in the Akihabara district, the heart of Tokyo's comic book and youth culture, added to the shock as Japan struggled to make sense of the violence, which left seven people dead and 10 wounded.
"It's unbelievable that things like this are happening in our country," said 19-year-old Tsutsumo Hirano, who attended high school with one of the victims, paying respects at the makeshift memorial.
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Police say Kato rammed a rented two-ton truck into a crowd of shoppers, then jumped out and began stabbing victims who had been knocked down before lashing out at others in the crowd.
Three people were killed by the impact of the truck and the four others died of stab wounds, police said.
On Monday, Internet sites and the media carried a series of messages posted on an electronic bulletin board in the hours before the attack.
National broadcaster NHK said Kato posted messages under a thread titled, "I will kill people in Akihabara," and wrote: "I want to crash the vehicle and, if it becomes useless, I will then use a knife...." yahoo.com
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This made me sick.
What has happened to the days we were safe to go outside and not worry about a thing like this happening?
What has happened to the days we were safe to go outside and not worry about a thing like this happening?
The jails became overcrowded so they don't keep them in there long enough or put them in it at all.
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So very sad