Japan Executes Akihabara Rampage Killer
The Japanese government on Tuesday carried out the death sentence of a man convicted of going on a deadly stabbing rampage 14 years ago in Tokyo's busy Akihabara shopping district.
Kato Tomohiro was charged with ramming a truck into a crowd of shoppers in June 2008, and then indiscriminately stabbing passersby. Seven people were killed and 10 others were wounded.
Kato was executed on Tuesday morning at the Tokyo Detention House, where he was imprisoned.
In 2015, the Supreme Court rejected Kato's appeal and finalized the death sentence handed down by lower courts. The judge said the seriousness of the crime left no room for leniency.
It's the second death sentence carried out under the current government of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. The first was in December.