At least 20 sessions will be held in the trial of a man charged over the 2008 stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s Akihabara district that left seven people dead and 10 others injured, sources said.
The trial of Tomohiro Kato, a 27-year-old former temporary worker, will get under way Jan. 28 at the Tokyo District Court.
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