To most of Japan, the deadly stabbings in Tokyo were an incomprehensible act of sudden and indiscriminate violence. But to readers of an obscure website… ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Fri, Jun 13 2008
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| 09 Jun 08 |
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Tokyo Stabbing Rampage! "I'll crash my vehicle into people!" »
YouTube video The killer posted warnings on the internet: "A disaster in Akihabara" and wrote that an incident would take place on June 5. Kato was heavily into comic-book and video-game subculture.
He admitted to police that he documented his journey on Internet... |
| 16 Jun 08 |
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Akihabara attack threat lost in message deluge » Japan Times To most of Japan, the deadly stabbings in Tokyo on June 8 were an incomprehensible act of sudden and indiscriminate violence. But to readers of an obscure Web site called Extreme Exchange, Revised, the attack in the popular Akihabara shopping district... |
| 09 Jun 08 |
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Crime › Mobile phone posts foretold Sunday's stabbing spree in Akihabara » Japan Today 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… |
| 12 Jun 08 |
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Crime › Police consider banning some types of knives following Akihabara stabbings » Japan Today 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… |
| 07 Jul 08 |
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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… |
| 11 Jun 08 |
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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… |
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