Akihabara Massacre Update: 7 Dead 10 Injured

From http://www.akibanana.com

A man who went to Akihabara to kill people drove into shoppers with a truck and went on a stabbing spree, killing at least seven people and wounding ten others, police said.

The attack occurred around twelve thirty on Sunday in one of the busiest areas of Tokyo. The massacre is the worst killing spree in recent years and came on the anniversary of a 2001 school slayings in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture. Police have arrested Tomohiro Kato a 25 year old resident of Shizuoka prefecture in the Akihabara massacre. He is currently being held at the Manseibashi Police Station. The man apparrently claimed to be part of a criminal gang and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department quoted Kato as saying he was tired of life and he went to Akihabara to kill people. The fatalities were six men and one woman. It is unclear whether the victims were killed by stabbing or by being hit by the truck.

Meanwhile in Akihabara people gathered in the evening to offer tributes to the victims in front of Sofmap. They placed beverages and flowers at the scene of the slayings as a memorial to the victims.

Fallout from the massacre is spreading rapidly among people who frequent Akihabara. "This is a horrible tragedy," said a frequent visitor to Akihabara who did not want to be identified. "I love Akiba, but the image of Akiba-kei will suffer because of this. I plan to come back here but I will be more cautious from now on".

According to the Japan Times there were 68 acts of random violence that resulted in serious injuries or death from 1990 to 2007. In January this year a sixteen year old boy attacked five people with kitchen knives in Tokyo's Shinagawa ward. In March, eight people were injured and one was killed when a man went on a stabbing spree at a shopping mall in Ibaraki prefecture.




The otaku geek culture associated with Akihabara was long overshadowed by the Miyazaki Incident, in which anime fan Tsutomu Miyazaki kidnapped and killed four girls. The 1989 incident linked otaku culture with violent antisocial behavior in the mind of the public in Japan.

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[dogstar7]

Akibanana - Thank you so much for bringing us your videos today.

[akibananana]

at your service ^^

[Croh2007]

True. We get a lot more crime here in north america than japan ever does. Over in Japan, they're making a HUGE deal out of this right now because its so rare. Don't judge or insult Japan based on this one incident..

[Croh2007]

Yes, actually there was another random stabbing of a young lady a couple days ago. However that doesn't mean that "Japan is full of psychos". In Canada and America, we get several random stabbings *every day* - we're not really in the range of 10 a year...just last year weren't 32 people killed in the Virginia Tech massacre?

[morkinor]

good for tomohiro that he had killed so many freaks!I am a fan of him.COOL!!!

[twisterbieber]

`i'm so shocked when i heard about this .. poor people they're innocent and yet got attacked, they were so helpless .. they didn't deserve to die.. soo sad like i'm gonna cry :'(( may they all rest in peace .. God is with all of u now .

[mirimiripipim]

@SirSmokeify

Where did I say America is the only place where torture happens? I guess I know we all know who the illiterate idiot really is. ;)

Learn to read, dumbfuck.

[redothello1]

@mirimiripipim

dumass....dumbass? Anyhow still loving my Country and I can't really be a cunt without having a vagina dude. Hell maybe you should stop trying to one up and think about how bad this is for any area involved.

[mirimiripipim]

@redothello1

And in US that happens 10 times a year, so stfu americunt. Just google "kids tortured parents" on google, and you'll see how just wonderful US is, dumass.

Japan > US easy

[Prezsama]

@AmericanKosuPureSama muhahahahahahaa RIGHT ON let akiba BE PROTECTED by the otakudom army muahahah XD

[AmericanKosuPureSama]

And this is why I WANT TO SOMEHOW SET UP AN AKIHABARA DEFENSE FORCE I JUST HOPE THAT I CAN GET INTO THE MILITARY WITH MY ASTHMA EVEN IF THAT MEANS Going SUPERSOLDIER OR TAKING AN EXPERIMENTAL DRUG TO COMBAT MY ASTHMA AND EVENTUALLY SET UP M YOWN DEFENSE FORCE THROUGHT THE MANY OTAKU SANCTUARIES Dis ME ALL U LIKE BUT I WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT I WILL I SWEAR IT.

[Tekkaku]

Kato was an otaku lol, he didn't kill those people being he disliked otakus. You're making a connection between two unconnected things. The dude was just emo because he was raised poorly and bullied in high school, and he wanted to go someplace where there was a lot of people to kill.

[pwnage666]

What about a stun gun? You can't do mass murders with those things, especially ones with low amperage.

[TwilightMoon777]

This goes to show you, your not safe anywhere. Tomorrow isn't promised to you so you better live it up while you can.