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07-27-2016, 05:06 AM
SAGAMIHARA, Japan: A man who had threatened attacks on disabled people went on a knife rampage on Tuesday at the care centre where he previously worked, leaving 19 people dead in Japan’s worst mass killing for decades.
The 26-year-old had been hospitalised earlier this year after delivering a letter to parliament in which he threatened to kill hundreds of the disabled.
He turned himself in at a police station, carrying bloodied knives and admitting to ******rs: "I did it."
"The disabled should all disappear," he reportedly said.
Authorities identified the attacker as Satoshi Uematsu and said he had worked at the care centre for mentally disabled people in Sagamihara, a city of more than 700,000 people west of Tokyo, until February.
They said the attack began in the early hours of the morning when Uematsu broke a first-floor window to get in. Public broadcaster NHK reported that he tied up one caregiver before starting to stab the residents.
A doctor at one of the hospitals where victims were taken said some had deep wounds to the neck.
"The patients are very shocked mentally and they can**t speak **w," the doctor told NHK.
A fleet of ambulances, police cars and fire trucks converged on the Tsukui Yamayuri-en centre, a low-rise complex nestled against forested hills, which was cordoned off and draped with yellow "Keep Out" tape.
Japan has one of the lowest rates of violent crime in the developed world and the mass killing is believed to be the nation’s worst since 1938, when a man armed with an axe, sword and rifle went on a rampage that left 30 people dead.
"This is a very tragic, shocking incident in which many in**cent people became victims," top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told a press conference.
Japanese media said that in February Uematsu had delivered a letter to the speaker of Japan’s parliamentary lower house, threatening to attack two care centres including Tsukui Yamayuri-en and kill 470 residents.
He said it would launch a "revolution" that would "stimulate the eco**my and prevent World War III".
In the letter he also presented his vision of a society in which the seriously handicapped could be euthanised with the approval of family members since "handicapped people only create unhappiness".
The ramblings brought him to the attention of Tokyo police, who informed Sagamihara authorities that he was a potential threat, a city official told AFP.
Private broadcaster NTV reported that Uematsu told police he had been fired from his job, though officials said only that he left the position.
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The 26-year-old had been hospitalised earlier this year after delivering a letter to parliament in which he threatened to kill hundreds of the disabled.
He turned himself in at a police station, carrying bloodied knives and admitting to ******rs: "I did it."
"The disabled should all disappear," he reportedly said.
Authorities identified the attacker as Satoshi Uematsu and said he had worked at the care centre for mentally disabled people in Sagamihara, a city of more than 700,000 people west of Tokyo, until February.
They said the attack began in the early hours of the morning when Uematsu broke a first-floor window to get in. Public broadcaster NHK reported that he tied up one caregiver before starting to stab the residents.
A doctor at one of the hospitals where victims were taken said some had deep wounds to the neck.
"The patients are very shocked mentally and they can**t speak **w," the doctor told NHK.
A fleet of ambulances, police cars and fire trucks converged on the Tsukui Yamayuri-en centre, a low-rise complex nestled against forested hills, which was cordoned off and draped with yellow "Keep Out" tape.
Japan has one of the lowest rates of violent crime in the developed world and the mass killing is believed to be the nation’s worst since 1938, when a man armed with an axe, sword and rifle went on a rampage that left 30 people dead.
"This is a very tragic, shocking incident in which many in**cent people became victims," top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told a press conference.
Japanese media said that in February Uematsu had delivered a letter to the speaker of Japan’s parliamentary lower house, threatening to attack two care centres including Tsukui Yamayuri-en and kill 470 residents.
He said it would launch a "revolution" that would "stimulate the eco**my and prevent World War III".
In the letter he also presented his vision of a society in which the seriously handicapped could be euthanised with the approval of family members since "handicapped people only create unhappiness".
The ramblings brought him to the attention of Tokyo police, who informed Sagamihara authorities that he was a potential threat, a city official told AFP.
Private broadcaster NTV reported that Uematsu told police he had been fired from his job, though officials said only that he left the position.
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