2010 Habikino shooting | |
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Location | Iichan bar, Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
Date | 12 January 2010 20:00 JST (UTC+09:00) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, murder-suicide |
Weapons | Rifle[1] |
Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 0 |
Perpetrator | Yasuhisa Sugiura |
The 2010 Habikino shooting was a deadly spree shooting which occurred at a drinking establishment located just south of Eganoshō Station in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan on 12 January 2010.
The attack was carried out by 49-year-old Yasuhisa Sugiura (Japanese: 杉浦 泰久[1]). Three people, including the gunman's mother-in-law, were shot dead before the perpetrator committed suicide.[2]
Shooting incidents such as these are rare in Japan.[3][4][5]