Assailant in fatal 2008 rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara executed

Assailant in fatal 2008 rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara executed

Japanese Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 26, 2022, after a man was executed earlier in the day over a 2008 rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district. On June 8, 2008, the man ran down pedestrians with a truck, killing three people, before fatally stabbing four others with a dagger after exiting the vehicle.

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