Akihabara massacre
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A mass murder took place on 8 June 2008 in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The perpetrator, 25-year-old Tomohiro Katō of Susono, Shizuoka, drove into a crowd with a rented tru
The crossing in Akihabara shortly after the incident
The rented truck used to run into the crowd
Katō during the attack, armed with a knife
The 35-year practice of closing Chūō-dōri avenue to vehicular traffic on Sundays and holiday afternoons was discontinued after the attack. The Japanese text on the sign translates in English to "Pedestrian precinct shall be discontinued for the time being from June 15."
Tokyo Detention House
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The Tokyo Detention House is a maximum security correctional facility in Katsushika, Tokyo. The prison, which is operated by the Ministry of Justice, is one of seven detention centres that carry out e
Akihabara massacre
…death penalty on 2 February 2015. Katō's death sentence was subsequently finalized, and he was held on death row until he was executed by hanging at the Tokyo Detention House on the morning of 26 July 2022. The stabbings occurred exactly seven years after the Ikeda school massacre, where eight elementary school students were…
2018 Tokyo Detention House
1989 aerial photograph of the correctional facility and its surroundings