Akihabara marks 1st anniversary of deadly stabbing rampage

Akihabara marks 1st anniversary of deadly stabbing rampage

TOKYO, Japan - Two women pray for the victims of a stabbing rampage last year in which seven were killed in Tokyo's Akihabara district near the crime scene June 8, the first anniversary of the incident.

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