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7 Killed in Tokyo Stabbing Spree

Posted Jun 8, 08 7:36 AM CDT in Crime & Courts,  World 

(Newser) – A Japanese man plowed his truck into Tokyo pedestrians before jumping out and stabbing them, killing at least 7 and wounding 10 more, the AP reports. Police nabbed a 25-year-old man in the attack, which occurred in the city’s leading electronics district, a hotspot for young people. The suspect announced he had come “to kill people,” said a police spokesman. “He said he was tired of life.”

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Rescue workers from Tokyo Fire Department gather to help injured people in Tokyo's Akihabara district, known as Electric Town, Sunday afternoon, June 8, 2008 after a stabbing spree.   (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
Rescue workers from the Tokyo Fire Department get ready with their equipment after their arrival in Tokyo's Akihabara district Sunday afternoon, June 8, 2008.   (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Investigators from Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department work in Tokyo's Akihabara district Sunday afternoon, June 8, 2008 after a stabbing spree.   (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Unidentified men, 2nd right and 3rd right, are escorted out by medics from the crime scene in Tokyo's Akihabara district Sunday afternoon, June 8, 2008.   (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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