Takuma's home searched in school stabbing murder case

Takuma's home searched in school stabbing murder case

OSAKA, Japan - Investigators enter the home of Mamoru Takuma, a 37-year-old man in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, who allegedly stabbed eight children to death at the Ikeda Elementary School in the city on June 8.

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