Akihabara massacre

The Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 468: attempt to index field 'scripts' (a boolean value). was an incident of mass murder that took place on 8 June 2008, in the Akihabara shopping area in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

Akihabara massacre
Akihabara massacre
The crossing in Akihabara shortly after the incident.
Location Akihabara, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates 35°41′59″N 139°46′17″E / 35.69972°N 139.77139°E / 35.69972; 139.77139
Date 8 June 2008
12:33–12:36 (JST)
Attack type Mass murder, stabbing
Weapon(s) Truck, dagger
Deaths 7
Injured 10
Perpetrator Tomohiro Katō

The attacker, 25-year-old Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).,[1] drove into a crowd with a rented truck, killing three people and injuring two at first. He then stabbed at least twelve people using a dagger, killing four other people and injuring eight.[2][3][4][5]

Katō was sentenced to death by the Tokyo District Court in 2011.[6] He was executed on 26 July 2022.[7]

Akihabara Massacre Media

References

  1. (in ja). 10 June 2008. http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/akihabara/archive/news/2008/06/20080610k0000e040034000c.html. Retrieved 26 June 2008. 
  2. Dolan, David (8 June 2008). "Man stabs shoppers in Tokyo street, killing seven". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUST27752620080608. Retrieved 8 June 2008. 
  3. Masters, Coco (9 June 2008). "Japan Reeling from Stabbing Spree". Time. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1812808,00.html. Retrieved 9 June 2008. 
  4. (in ja). The Asahi Shimbun Company. 10 June 2008. http://www2.asahi.com/special2/080609/TKY200806100128.html. Retrieved 24 June 2008. 
  5. (in ja). 20 June 2008. http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/akihabara/archive/news/2008/06/20080620k0000e040073000c.html. Retrieved 26 June 2008. [dead link]
  6. "List of Defendants Who Are Under Sentence of Death in Japan". Japan Innocence & Death Penalty Information Center. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  7. "Assailant in Tokyo's Akihabara fatal rampage executed". The Japan Times. 26 July 2022.