Lawyers urge look into man's personality over school killings

Lawyers urge look into man's personality over school killings

OSAKA, Japan - Lawyers for Mamoru Takuma (file photo), accused of murdering eight children at the state-run Ikeda Elementary school in Osaka Prefecture last year, urged the Osaka District Court on Jan. 7 to look into how Takuma's personality was formed and led to the stabbing spree. Takuma, 38, pleaded guilty in the first hearing Dec. 27 to the stabbing at the school June 8.

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