Flowers offered after murder at cram school in Kyoto

Flowers offered after murder at cram school in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman places flowers in front of a cram school in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on Dec. 12 where a 12-year-old student was stabbed to death allegedly by a part-time cram school teacher.

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