Prosecutors demand death for Takuma for school massacre

OSAKA, Japan - The relatives (foreground) of victims in a stabbing rampage at Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka on June 8, 2001 attend a news conference in Osaka on May 22. Earlier, prosecutors demmanded the death penalty for Mamoru Takuma accused of slaughtering eight children and injuring 13 others and two teachers in the school massacre. (Kyodo)

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