Japan: 19 killed, 45 injured as knife-wielding man goes on rampage

[MikeWB]

A man was arrested after killing 19 people and injuring 45 others in a stabbing rampage at a facility for the disabled in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo, local media reported, citing authorities.

Twenty of the injured are in critical condition, the national fire department, which also performs emergency medical care, has said.

A 20-year-old man was arrested by police after the attack, national broadcaster NHK reported. He was said to be holding a knife.

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    #BREAKING: 15 dead & 45 injured after a man went on a stabbing rampage in #Sagamihara, near #Tokyo#Japanpic.twitter.com/m08wvDac5x
    — Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) July 25, 2016

    #MUNDO | Aumenta a 19 la cifra de muertos en ataque ocurrido en un hospital de #Japón, según medios internacionales. pic.twitter.com/nJ4a4aadUb
    — Prensa Libre (@prensa_libre) July 25, 2016



https://www.rt.com/news/353242-tokyo-stabbing-killed-rampage/

[yankeedoodle]

Just saw NHK TV report.  Killer worked at nursing home, and decided these people shouldn't be alive, and he did what he did.

Believe the report said he sent a detailed plan - saying he intended to kill 260 patients and then turn himself into the police - to the lower house of the Japanese government, and that he told his co-workers what he was going to do, but he was ignored.

[yankeedoodle]

"I am fully aware that my remark is eccentric. However, thinking about the tired faces of guardians, the dull eyes of caregivers working at the facility, I am not able to contain myself, and so I decided to take action today for the sake of Japan and the world," he wrote, as quoted by AP.

"My reasoning is that I may be able to revitalize the world economy and I thought it may be possible to prevent World War III."

"The act will be carried out speedily and definitely without harming the staff. After wiping out the 260 people in two facilities, I will turn myself in," the letter goes on.     

https://www.rt.com/news/353424-japan-knife-attacker-letter/

[MikeWB]

What a wackjob. It's sad no one noticed how insane that man is....