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  • Japan - 7 killed, 11 injured in stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara

    06/08/2008 3:30:27 AM PDT · by HAL9000 · 18 replies · 194+ views
    Kyodo News (excerpt) ^ | June 8, 2008
    Excerpt - TOKYO, June 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH RISE IN DEATH TOLL) Seven people died and 11 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, a popular electronics area and a magnet for comic and animation fans. Police arrested the man, 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato from Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, and seized a survival knife he was carrying. He admitted to stabbing all the people with the knife from around 12:30 p.m., the police said. The truck was rented in Shizuoka...