A memorial service was held Sunday in Osaka Prefecture for the eight children who were killed by a man who went on a stabbing spree in June 2001 at a local elementary school.
About 1,400 people, including schoolchildren and their parents, attended the ceremony at City Hall in Toyonaka to mark the second anniversary of the attack.
The attendants prayed for the seven girls and one boy who were killed when Mamoru Takuma went on a rampage June 8, 2001, at Ikeda Elementary School, which is affiliated with Osaka Kyoiku University in Ikeda, adjacent to Toyonaka.