Armed with a knife attacker attacked the sleeping patient center for the disabled, killing 19 people and wounding 25. the attack occurred in the town of Sagamihara west of Tokyo. It is the largest mass murder in the country for years.
– It’s squeezing the heart and shocking incident, in which many innocent people have been victims – said a spokesman for the Japanese government Yoshihide Suga.
striker in the hands of the police
Police arrested a 26-year-old Satoshi Uematsu, a former employee of a center for people with mental retardation. Japanese media reported that the man in the past called for euthanasia for the most severely disabled.
The man turned himself in to the police. – I did it – he stated. Uematsu was employed there from December 2012 to February this year. Most recently he was unemployed.
The attack on the defenseless
As inform the Japanese media, the resort staff Tsukui Yamayuri Garden called the police for hours. 2:30 in the morning local time, reporting that the plant is a man armed with a knife. He had to break into the center, clearance window.
the Hunted disabled attacked at night while they slept and could not defend themselves. 19 people died and 25 were injured, 20 of them in serious condition. Dead people were aged 19 to 70 years, among them were 10 women.
– This is a very startling and shocking incident, which fell victim to a lot of innocent people – he said at a press conference, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga. – There is no information to suggest that there is a link between the attack and Islamic extremism – he added.
Trzyhektarowy center for the disabled in Sagamiharze is run by the government and is in the approx. 160 patients. Care there are people with a wide range of disabilities. – They are really innocent people. What did they do? It’s shocking – said a former employee of the center of the Japanese television TBS.
He wanted to kill disabled
A man a few months ago was hospitalized after he expressed a desire to kill disabled unless agrees to it government. To this end, he tried to pass to the speaker of parliament a letter calling for euthanasia hardest disabled. “My goal is a world in which, in cases of people seriously disabled who are unable to live at home and be active, it will be possible euthanasia with the consent of guardians” – he wrote in the letter.
The man was released from the hospital after 2 weeks because his condition had to improve.
bag of knives
Police found the resort a bag of knives, of which at least one was bloody – stated Kanagawa prefectural authorities.
Theme crime is not known. After reporting to the nearby police station the man had to tell the police: “It is better to disabled people disappeared.” From media reports that Uematsu was frustrated after losing their jobs at the resort. NTV reported that in February striker sent a letter to the chairman of the lower house of the Japanese Parliament, which called for the possibility of euthanasia for the disabled, with the consent of their guardians.
The first such tragedy for years
As reported by Kyodo, the news of the attack close to the patients flocked to the scene to learn about the state of their loved ones. Many people complained about the lack of information from the government center.
Residents Sagamihary say that the last murder in the area took place 10 years ago.
These mass murders are rare in Japan, but when they occur, they are usually the result of an attack Dagger. Japan has since strict rules on gun ownership.
In 2001, eight children died at the hands of knife fighter, a former janitor at a school in Osaka. Seven people were killed in 2008 when a man drove truck into a crowd of pedestrians, then got out and began indiscriminately attack passers-by near the railway station Akihabara, Tokyo.
In 1995, five members of the sect Supreme Truth Aum rozpyliło nerve gas sarin in the Tokyo subway, killing 13 people and causing severe poisoning in over 6 thousand. people.
Author: m, pk / kk / Source: reuters, pap
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