Death sentence for stabbing rampage
The man behind a 2008 mass stabbing attack in Tokyo has been sentenced to death.
Tokyo District Court's decision comes after Tomohiko Kato, 28, last year pleaded guilty to murdering seven people and injuring 10 others in the capital's Akihabara district, in a crime that shocked the nation.
The former factory worker slammed a truck into a crowd of people and then stabbed passers-by.
The court determined that Kato was mentally competent at the time. It rejected the defence's request for leniency in sentencing, according to the Kyodo news agency.
Akihabara is a popular shopping district known for electronics and Japanese pop culture.
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Jesmond Micallef
Mar 24th 2011, 17:18
With all due respect to the victims of this horrific event in Tokyo but wouldn't one find it hard to believe that someone who would slam a truck into a crowd of people and then stab passers-by is mentally sane !! On the otherhand, if he did that on purpose, wouldn't that mean that the person is indeed and surely mentally insane !! I do not agree with the death penalty and it should be abolished worldwide !!