3 years since mass murder at Japanese care home

3 years since mass murder at Japanese care home

Kaoru Irikura (R), head of Tsukui Yamayuri En, a care home for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, lays flowers on an altar set up at the facility on July 26, 2019, the third anniversary of a stabbing rampage in which a former care worker killed 19 residents and injured 26 others. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

3 years since mass murder at Japanese care home

3 years since mass murder at Japanese care home

Kaoru Irikura (front R), head of Tsukui Yamayuri En, a care home for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, prays in front of an altar set up at the facility on July 26, 2019, the third anniversary of a stabbing rampage in which a former care worker killed 19 residents and injured 26 others. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2nd anniversary of mass murder at care home

2nd anniversary of mass murder at care home

Kazuma Otsuki (R), who heads the group formed by bereaved families of a fatal stabbing rampage at the Tsukui Yamayuri En care home for the mentally disabled near Tokyo, meets the press at the facility along with the home's head Kaoru Irikura (L) on July 26, 2018, two years after the tragedy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

1st anniv. of mass murder at Sagamihara care facility

1st anniv. of mass murder at Sagamihara care facility

Kaoru Irikura (2nd from R), chief of the Tsukui Yamayuri En, a care facility in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, lays flowers on July 26, 2017, marking the first anniversary of the killing of 19 residents with intellectual disabilities by a former worker there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

1st anniv. of mass murder at Sagamihara care facility

1st anniv. of mass murder at Sagamihara care facility

Kaoru Irikura, chief of the Tsukui Yamayuri En, a care facility in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, meets with reporters on July 26, 2017, marking the first anniversary of the killing of 19 residents with intellectual disabilities by a former worker there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

1st anniv. of mass murder at Sagamihara care facility

1st anniv. of mass murder at Sagamihara care facility

Kaoru Irikura (C), chief of the Tsukui Yamayuri En, a care facility in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, observes a moment of silence on July 26, 2017, marking the first anniversary of the killing of 19 residents with intellectual disabilities by a former worker there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

1st anniv. of mass murder at Sagamihara care facility

1st anniv. of mass murder at Sagamihara care facility

Kaoru Irikura (2nd from R), chief of the Tsukui Yamayuri En, a care facility in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, observes a moment of silence on July 26, 2017, marking the first anniversary of the killing of 19 residents with intellectual disabilities by a former worker there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo