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2008 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 |
| Date | 8 June 2008 12:33–12:36 (JST) |
Attack type | Mass murder, vehicle-ramming attack, stabbing |
| Weapons | Isuzu Elf truck, Smith & Wesson HRT dagger |
| Deaths | 7 |
| Injured | 11 (Including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Tomohiro Katō |
The Akihabara massacre (Japanese: 秋葉原通り魔事件, Hepburn: Akihabara Tōrima Jiken)[a] was an incident of mass murder that took place on 8 June 2008, in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The perpetrator, 25-year-old Tomohiro Katō (加藤 智大, Katō Tomohiro) of Susono, Shizuoka,[1][2] drove into a crowd with a rented truck, initially killing three people and injuring two; he then stabbed at least twelve people using a dagger, killing four other people and injuring eight.[3][4][1][5]
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested Katō on suspicion of attempted murder,[1][5] holding him at Manseibashi police station.[6] Two days later on 10 June, he was sent to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office.[1][2] He was later re-arrested by the police on 20 June on suspicion of murder.[5][7][8] Katō was sentenced to death by the Tokyo District Court in 2011. The sentence was upheld on appeal in 2015,[9] and he was executed on 26 July 2022.[10]
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- ^ a b 秋葉原通り魔：加藤容疑者を殺人未遂容疑で送検. The Mainichi Newspapers (in Japanese). 10 June 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
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- ^ a b c 秋葉原殺傷：通行人を次々襲い交差点縦断…殺人で再逮捕. The Mainichi Newspapers (in Japanese). 20 June 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008. [dead link]
- ^ 加藤智大容疑者が留置されている万世橋署に集まった報道陣. The Mainichi Newspapers (in Japanese). 9 June 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
- ^ 秋葉原殺傷：「ネットで存在感誇示」 殺人容疑で再逮捕. The Mainichi Newspapers (in Japanese). 21 June 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
- ^ "Kato Tomohiro | Japan Innocence & Death Penalty Information Center 日本冤罪・死刑情報センター".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Assailant in Tokyo's Akihabara fatal rampage executed". The Japan Times. 26 July 2022.
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