I am officially starting a new weblog - this one for a class. I haven't had much success with these things in the past, so perhaps I'll update this one a bit more often.
At any rate, The question of the day is: What happened to Tomohiro Kato that made him attempt to kill 18 people in broad daylight? The attack occured yesterday, and began with Kato running over three people, then leaving the truck and "screaming and stabbing passersby" with a survival knife - at least 18 people were attacked, with seven dying of knife wounds. Apparently, the suspect was "tired of the world" and police believe that his being laid off from work earlier this month may have had something to do with the attack. The attacks occurred in the Akibahara district: a shopping area, selling electronics, comics, and video games; I can't help but wonder why Kato would choose to "go postal" in such a commercial/retail area. Was this an attempt to target Japanese youths, or merely random chance that he picked the Akibahara district? What sort of insane world do we live in where going berserk in public and killing 7 people is even a viable option for anyone? Unfortunately, with the world economy in a downward spiral, and more jobs being cut every day, I fear we may see more of this sort of violence before it's all over.
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