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A year after stabbing spree, Kawasaki school remembers victims

National / Crime & Legal May 28, 2020

A year after stabbing spree, Kawasaki school remembers victims

A student and the father of another student were killed in the attack that also injured 18 others.

For families of KyoAni arson victims, grief continues after suspect's arrest

National / Crime & Legal May 28, 2020

For families of KyoAni arson victims, grief continues after suspect's arrest

Shinji Aoba, 42, was arrested Wednesday by Kyoto Prefectural Police on suspicion of carrying out the attack that killed 36 people.

World / Crime & Legal Apr 20, 2020

'Armed bandits' kill 47 in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state

Gunmen killed 47 people in attacks on villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Katsina in the early hours of Saturday, local police said. "Armed bandits," some of whom wielded AK-47 assault rifles, carried out the attacks, Katsina police said in a statement on Sunday. Hundreds ...

25 years after Tokyo subway attack, Aum is a shadow of its former self

Reference | FYI Mar 25, 2020

25 years after Tokyo subway attack, Aum is a shadow of its former self

by Eric Johnston

Doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo's sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway trains shocked Japan and the world, raising concerns over nonstate organizations obtaining weapons of mass destruction.

Japan marks 25 years since deadly Aum sarin attack on Tokyo subway

National Mar 20, 2020

Japan marks 25 years since deadly Aum sarin attack on Tokyo subway

The cult’s founder Shoko Asahara and senior members were executed in 2018.

Sagamihara care home mass murderer won't appeal death penalty ruling

National / Crime & Legal Mar 19, 2020

Sagamihara care home mass murderer won't appeal death penalty ruling

A man who was sentenced to death over the 2016 murder of 19 people with mental disabilities at a care home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, said Wednesday he will not appeal the ruling. Satoshi Uematsu, a 30-year-old former employee at the Tsukui Yamayuri En care ...

Death penalty sought for man charged with killing 19 in Sagamihara rampage

National / Crime & Legal Feb 17, 2020

Death penalty sought for man charged with killing 19 in Sagamihara rampage

Prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for a man charged with murdering 19 residents and injuring 26 others at a care home for people with mental disabilities near Tokyo in a knife rampage in 2016. During the trial at the Yokohama District Court in ...

Trial of Sagamihara massacre suspect spurs debate on what society may think about people with disabilities

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Feb 8, 2020

Trial of Sagamihara massacre suspect spurs debate on what society may think about people with disabilities

by Philip Brasor

The trial of Satoshi Uematsu, who is accused of killing 19 people with disabilities at a care facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, in 2016, began on Jan. 8 and is expected to end in March. Uematsu admits to the murders. His defense team is ...

High court throws out lay judge death sentence over murders of five in 2015

National / Crime & Legal Jan 27, 2020

High court throws out lay judge death sentence over murders of five in 2015

A high court scrapped on Monday a lower court ruling that had sentenced a man to death for killing five people on Awaji Island in 2015, sentencing him instead to life in prison after reviewing his mental state at the time. The Osaka High Court ...

Defying his defense, Sagamihara massacre suspect says he's fit for trial

National / Crime & Legal Jan 24, 2020

Defying his defense, Sagamihara massacre suspect says he's fit for trial

Contradicting his defense team, Satoshi Uematsu told the Yokohama District Court he is mentally fit to take responsibility for the alleged murders of 19 in Kanagawa in 2016.

Families of Kyoto Animation attack victims start receiving workers' comp

National Jan 15, 2020

Families of Kyoto Animation attack victims start receiving workers' comp

The government has started paying out on compensation claims for those killed in the Kyoto Animation Co. studio arson attack after the agency recognized the deaths as work-related.

Sagamihara massacre suspect back in court after trying to bite off his finger

National / Crime & Legal Jan 10, 2020

Sagamihara massacre suspect back in court after trying to bite off his finger

Two days after being removed for chomping his finger, accused mass murderer Satoshi Uematsu wore mittens on the second day of his trial at Yokohama District Court.

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