Former care worker in Japan executed for mass killing

A Japanese court has sentenced a former care home employee to hang for stabbing to death 19 disabled people and injuring two dozen others in the deadliest mass attack in post-Second World War Japan.

Former care worker in Japan executed for mass killing
Mon, 16 Mar, 2020 - 14:21

By Associated Press reporter

A Japanese court has sentenced a former care home employee to hang for stabbing to death 19 disabled people and injuring two dozen others in the deadliest mass attack in post-Second World War Japan.

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