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Crime › Police consider banning some types of knives following Akihabara stabbings

The National Police Agency is considering prohibiting the possession of some types of knives after a man went on a rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Thu, Jun 12 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.
13 Jun 08 visit NPA may slap ban on some kinds of knives  »  Japan Times The National Police Agency is considering prohibiting the possession of certain types of knives after a man went on a rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district Sunday, killing seven people and wounding 10 others, NPA officials said Thursday. The Firearm and...
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…
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…
11 Jun 08 visit Crime › Akihabara rampage suspect unhappy with work conditions  »  Japan Today 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…
18 Jul 08 visit Crime › Law to be revised to ban possession of double-edged knives  »  Japan Today Police will seek a ban on the possession of highly lethal double-edged knives, such as daggers, in the wake of last month's stabbing spree by…

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