25 year old Tokyo man crashes truck into pedestrians, then jumps out and starts stabbing them - 17 stabbed in 3 minutes.. so far 7 dead

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A man police said was on a murder mission plowed into pedestrians with a truck in a crowded Tokyo neighborhood Sunday and then stabbed 17 people in three minutes, killing at least seven in a grisly attack that shocked Japan.

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A 25-year-old man, Tomohiro Kato, was arrested with blood on his face.

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"The 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. He said he was sick of everything," Akaogi said.

The violence began when he crashed a rented, two-ton truck into pedestrians. Kato jumped out and began stabbing the people he'd knocked down with the truck, then turned on horrified onlookers, police said.

Police confirmed 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. Video Watch report on stabbing spree »

Reports said the attacker grunted and roared as he slashed and stabbed.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/0...k.ap/index.html

[Amby 490]

bizarre

[GaryC 7]

Outlaw knives and cars!!

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

they must ban knives and trucks to prevent this from ever happening again

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Outlaw knives and cars!!

[natty bumppo 297]

background checks must be required for truck rentals !!!

[Nagishkaw 510]

Mandatory AR /AP and home visits!

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

anything larger than a swiss army knife requires a background check!

[warriorprincess 0]

Scary

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I blame the truck and knife.... not the man.

[Nagishkaw 510]

I blame the truck and knife.... not the man.

[Scott & Lai 12]

This can't be right....I thought mass murder required firearms, and was an American problem

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

The liberal silence is deafening.

[natty bumppo 297]

There must be a 7 day waiting period (cooling off) before letting someone rent a truck ....

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

This can't be right....I thought mass murder required firearms, and was an American problem

There must be a 7 day waiting period (cooling off) before letting someone rent a truck ....