Despite Japan's low crime rates, it's seen a number of mass stabbings in the past decade
- Written by Mai Sato, Fellow, School of Regulation and Global Governance, The Australian National University, Australian National University
On May 27, a 51-year old man went on a killing spree in the Japanese city of Kawasaki, located south of Tokyo. With a knife in each hand, he killed a 39 year-old man and a 12 year-old schoolgirl, and injured 15 school children aged between six and twelve as they waited for a school bus.
The attacker was detained at the scene, but later died from...
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