Man stabs people in Akihabara, 7 dead
A man was running around the main street of Akihabara with a knife attacking people randomly around 12:30 pm 8th of June today. 17 people have been sent to the hospital, 5 of them have already gone into cardiac arrest, a 19 year old and a 74 year old have been pronounced dead.
Gang member 25 year old Katou Tomohiro has been arrested near the scene of the crime.
Details have not been released yet at this point.
Update: Sankei news reports that a the suspect had run a truck through a red light knocking several people down before coming out wielding what appeared to be a survival knife attacking everybody he sees. A 3rd man, 47 years old, has now been pronounced dead.
Update 2: Death toll is now 6, 4 males aged 19, 29, 47, 74, and two females aged 20 and 21. Suspect says he was tired of living and hated the world and just wanted to kill somebody, didn’t matter who.
Update 3: CNN reports that 7 are now dead.
