Right in the heart of Akihabara on a busy Sunday, Tomohiro Kato rammed his truck at an intersection of a street, got out of the vehicle and start stabbing people without discrimination .
‘I came to Akihabara to kill people. It didn’t matter whom I’d kill,’ he was quoted by Jiji Press as telling police.
Source: Washington Post
7 dead, with the youngest at 19 and the oldest at 74. Many others are injured and blood can be seen on the streets. The man dropped his knife only when the policeman pointed a gun at him.
The suspect, 25 and his motives are not clear.
A latest update from ANN included a finding from a news source, Jijipress
Titled “I will kill people in Akihabara,” was posted on a mobile phone bulletin board about seven hours before the fatal hit-and-run incident and the stabbing incident in Akihabara. The message reportedly reads:
I Will Kill People in Akihabara06/08 05:21
I will come barging in with a vehicle, and if I can’t use the vehicle, I will use a knife. Farewell, everyone.
It is also exactly 7 years that Mamoru Takuma, who had a grudge against children stabbed 8 children to death. The murderer was executed by the law.
It is stunning in Japan for this to happen right in Akiba. Rest in peace for those innocent who died
