Ex-caretaker sentenced to death for school stabbing rampage

A former school caretaker was sentenced to death in Japan today for killing eight children.

Ex-caretaker sentenced to death for school stabbing rampage

A former school caretaker was sentenced to death in Japan today for killing eight children.

Mamoru Takuma went from classroom to classroom, knifing children at the primary school. Thirteen other children and two teachers were injured in the June 8, 2001 attack.

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