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Crime › Akihabara rampage suspect unhappy with work conditions

Tomohiro Kato, the man arrested after a rampage in Akihabara on Sunday in which seven people were killed and 10 others injured, has told police… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Wed, Jun 11 2008

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13 Jun 08 visit 【速報】秋葉原 刺殺事件・犯人逮捕の瞬間 Mass Stabbing Sunday Tokyo in Akihabara  »  YouTube videoPLEASE COMMENT RATE OR SUBSCRIBE!!! 【速報】 秋葉原で通り魔 Stabbing rampage in Akihabara 通行人が携帯カメラで撮 した、犯人逮捕のま しくその瞬間。 Police arrest Tomohiro Kato, the suspect in a mass st...
20 Jun 08 visit Kato gets warrant for seven slayings  »  Japan Times Police served a fresh arrest warrant Friday on the suspect in the deadly Tokyo rampage earlier this month on suspicion of killing seven people, investigative sources said. Tomohiro Kato, 25, was arrested June 8 at the scene of the crime in the Akihabara...
10 Jun 08 visit Crime › More details emerge about suspect's mindset prior to Akihabara rampage  »  Japan Today Tomohiro Kato gave numerous indications about his troubled state of mind before going on a killing spree in Akihabara on Sunday, expressing rancor, rage and…
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,...
06 Oct 08 visit Crime › Akihabara rampage suspect to be tried after being certified competent  »  Japan Today Prosecutors have determined that a 26-year-old man arrested for the stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district in June is mentally competent and that they can…
07 Jul 08 visit Crime › 2 Akihabara rampage victims still hospitalized  »  Japan Today Two people wounded in a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district June 8 remain in hospital and five others have already left hospitals, police said…

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