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June 9, 2008


Stabbing Spree In Akihabara District

A 25-year-old man named Tomohiro Kato drove a truck into a crowd of strangers mulling about a prominent Tokyo geek-shopping destination area and then jumped out stabbing and attacking pedestrians with knife, international wires report. Five men and one woman were killed, and more than a dozen were injured. Akihabara district has been a focus of international trips and tours for people interested in Japanese gaming, animation and comics culture. It is the worst such daylight incident in Japan since an elementary school rampage seven years ago to the day.
 
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