(3)Takuma pleads guilty to Osaka school stabbing massacre

OSAKA, Japan - Flowers are laid at the gate of Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 27, the first day of the trial for Mamoru Takua, who is accused of killing eight children and inuring 13 others and two teachers at the school in June. Takuma pleaded guilty to the charges.

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