A man plowed into shoppers with a truck Sunday and then stabbed 17 people within minutes, killing at least seven of them in a grisly attack that shocked a country known for its low crime rate. The lunchtime violence in the Akihabara district, a popular electronics and video-game area, sent thousands of people fleeing. (A 25-year-old man, Tomohiro Kato, was arrested with blood on his face.)
Suspect told police that he came to Akihabara to kill people," said Jiro Akaogi, a spokesman for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. "He said he was tired of life.
Police said seven deaths six men and one woman but they could not say whether the victims had died of injuries from the truck or were stabbed to death.
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