Mazda rampage suspect copied 2008 Akihabara attack

Mazda rampage suspect copied 2008 Akihabara attack

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Toshiaki Hikiji leaves a police station in the town of Kaita, Hiroshima Prefecture, on June 23, 2010, to be sent to prosecutors, a day after he was arrested for allegedly killing one and injuring 10 others by hitting them with a car at a Mazda Motor Corp. plant in the city of Hiroshima. The former temporary worker at the plant reportedly told police investigators that he tried to copy a 2008 random attack in Tokyo's Akihabara district. (Kyodo)

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