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Crime › Mobile phone posts foretold Sunday's stabbing spree in Akihabara

A series of posts on a mobile phone website foretold the deadly stabbing spree that occurred shortly after noon Sunday in Tokyo's Akihabara district, a… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Mon, Jun 09 2008

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09 Jun 08 visit 秋葉原無差別殺傷事件 type2  »  YouTube videoA 25-year-old man went on a stabbing spree in Tokyo's Akihabara district, Sunday afternoon, killing five people and injuring 12 others, police said.
09 Jun 08 visit Crime › U.S. calls Akihabara stabbing spree 'terrible thing'  »  Japan Today Sunday's stabbing spree that left seven people dead and 10 others injured at the Akihabara electronics district is a "terrible thing," State Department spokesman Sean…
20 Jun 08 visit Crime › Fresh warrant served on Akihabara stabbing spree suspect  »  Japan Today Police served a fresh arrest warrant Friday on a 25-year-old temporary worker on suspicion of killing seven people in the stabbing spree in Tokyo's Akihabara…
10 Jun 08 visit National › Victim of Akihabara stabbing spree infected with hepatitis B  »  Japan Today Police on Tuesday said one of the male victims who survived Sunday's Akihabara stabbing spree was found to be infected with hepatitis B. Police are…
10 Oct 08 visit Crime › Suspect in June 8 Akihabara rampage indicted after being certified as sane  »  Japan Today Prosecutors slapped murder and attempted murder charges Friday on the suspect in June's truck-hitting and stabbing spree in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district that killed seven…
08 Jun 08 visit 7 killed, 10 injured in Akihabara stabbing spree  »  Japan Times
Seven people died and 10 others were injured after a man hit pedestrians with a truck and then stabbed people Sunday in broad daylight on a street in Tokyo's busy Akihabara district. Police arrested the man, 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato from Susono,...

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