Site of the Akihabara massacre - Tokyo, JAPAN
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N 35° 41.984 E 139° 46.276
54S E 388836 N 3951340
An incident of mass murder on June 8 2008 at the Akihabara shopping quarter.
Waymark Code: WM178EX
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date Posted: 01/02/2023
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A lively shopping district was suddenly struck by an indiscriminate murder spree on a Sunday afternoon. A young man attacked a crowd with a rented truck, and then stabbed people with a dagger, around 12:35 JST (3:35 UTC) on Sunday in the Akihabara district of Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The suspect, identified as Tomohiro Kato, aged 25, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Seven people were killed, and ten injured.
The injured people include pedestrians, a 53-year-old policeman, and a taxi driver, 54, who is believed to have left his taxi in order to help a pedestrian hit by the truck. About 17 ambulances came to the scene. NHK reports that medical teams trained for disasters joined the rescue.
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The dead are six men aged between 19 and 74 and a 21-year-old woman; each was identified by police.