Back Amoklauf von Akihabara German Akihabara hombuĉado Esperanto Masacre de Akihabara Spanish Akihabaran verilöyly Finnish Massacre d'Akihabara French הטבח באקיהברה HE Զանգվածային սպանություն Ակիհաբարայում Armenian Pembantaian di Akihabara ID Massacro di Akihabara Italian 秋葉原通り魔事件 Japanese
| Akihabara massacre | |
|---|---|
 The crossing in Akihabara shortly after the incident | |
| Location | Akihabara, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°41′59″N 139°46′17″E / 35.69972°N 139.77139°E |
| Date | 8 June 2008 12:33–12:36 (JST) |
Attack type | Mass murder, vehicle-ramming attack, stabbing |
| Weapons | Isuzu Elf truck, Smith & Wesson HRT dagger |
| Deaths | 7 |
| Injured | 11 (Including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Tomohiro Katō |
The Akihabara massacre (Japanese: 秋葉原通り魔事件, Hepburn: Akihabara Tōrima Jiken) was an incident of mass murder that took place on 8 June 2008, in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The perpetrator, 25-year-old Tomohiro Katō (加藤 智大, Katō Tomohiro) of Susono, Shizuoka,[1][2] drove into a crowd with a rented truck, initially killing three people and injuring two; he then stabbed at least twelve people using a dagger, killing four other people and injuring eight.[3][4][1][5]
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested Katō on suspicion of attempted murder,[1][5] holding him at Manseibashi police station.[6] Two days later on 10 June, he was sent to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office.[1][2] He was later re-arrested by the police on 20 June on suspicion of murder.[5][7][8] Katō was sentenced to death by the Tokyo District Court in 2011. The sentence was upheld on appeal in 2015,[9] and he was executed on 26 July 2022.[10]
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- ^ a b c 秋葉原殺傷：通行人を次々襲い交差点縦断…殺人で再逮捕. The Mainichi Newspapers (in Japanese). 20 June 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008. [dead link]
- ^ 加藤智大容疑者が留置されている万世橋署に集まった報道陣. The Mainichi Newspapers (in Japanese). 9 June 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
- ^ 秋葉原殺傷：「ネットで存在感誇示」 殺人容疑で再逮捕. The Mainichi Newspapers (in Japanese). 21 June 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
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- ^ "List of Defendants Who Are Under Sentence of Death in Japan". Japan Innocence & Death Penalty Information Center. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Assailant in Tokyo's Akihabara fatal rampage executed". The Japan Times. 26 July 2022.
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