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Tomohiro Kato kills 7 in Akihabara +
Tomohiro Kato (above)
Today marks a sad day in Akihabara. A man with a survival knife stabbed and killed 7 people while leaving 10 people injured. Reports say he drove a truck into a crowd, got out, and proceeded to stab anyone withing distance.
Police was able to apprehend Tomohiro Kato, the 25 year old suspect from Shizuoka Prefecture. He admitted that he planned the attack.
I am sure he picked Akihabara not because he was mad at the culture that calls the place home. But, he went to a place that he would be sure to find a lot of people. Whatever his reasons were, misery doesn’t deserve company. My thoughts go out to the families of the injured and dead. Via Seven Ten to Tokyo. Images from Yahoo.
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June 8th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
You know, this news will perhaps highlight the need for more security around such a crowded area. We hear endlessly about the otaku hunters and now this. Common sense also tell us that this place has become iconic enough to be the target of a major terrorist attack.
June 11th, 2008 at 11:30 am
[...] Like I expected, Tomohiro expected there to be a lot of people, and that was the reason he choose to attack Akihabara. He told police that he parked a rented truck near the crime scene and waited. He admits, I traveled to Akihabara from Shizuoka to kill people. Anybody was OK. I was tired of life. I knew that the streets would be crowded after the pedestrian paradise. I wanted to cause an incident in Akihabara as I had visited there many times. [...]
July 27th, 2008 at 10:05 am
[...] 27th marks the 49th day since the Akihabara stabbings. In Buddhism, it is believed that when a person dies, their soul stays between the world of living [...]
August 6th, 2008 at 7:02 am
[...] is the heart of Akihabara on the vehicle free street. Before the stabbings, this street was shut down on Sundays and filled with cosplayers, bands, and performers. This [...]