Education minister visits school where 8 children were slain

Education minister visits school where 8 children were slain

OSAKA, Japan - Education minister Atsuko Toyama arrives at Ikeda Elementary School, Osaka Prefecture, on July 5, where a man killed eight schoolchildren and injured 13 other students and two teachers last month. Toyama, the first member of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet to visit the scene of the June 8 slaying, prayed for the peace of the dead children's souls and met the state-run school's principal.

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