Bereaved families and local officials on Monday remembered the victims of a stabbing rampage at a care home for people with mental disabilities near Tokyo five years ago that became one of Japan's worst mass murders.
Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa and Kazuma Otsuki, who heads a group formed by the families of victims, offered flowers at a memorial on the grounds of Tsukui Yamayuri En, where a former employee killed 19 residents and injured 24 others on July 26, 2016. Two employees were also hurt.
The home has been rebuilt and is due to welcome back residents there on Sunday.