OSAKA — A memorial service was held Saturday in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, for the eight children who were killed by an intruder who went on a stabbing spree a year ago at a local elementary school.
Some 1,500 relatives of the deceased, schoolchildren and their parents, and teachers attended the ceremony at a local hall. At the beginning of the service, they offered silent prayers in front of photographs of the victims.
The schoolchildren read poems and sang a song titled: "In memory of eight angles."