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Nagasaki Mayor's Killer Confesses

Alleged gangster apologizes in court as trial opens

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 22, 2008 1:54 PM CST

(Newser) – The Japanese man accused of killing the mayor of Nagasaki last April has admitted to the crime, the BBC reports. "I apologize to Mayor Iccho Ito and his family from the bottom of my heart," Tetsuya Shiroo said today on the first day... Read full story »

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