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 Tomohiro Kato was someone who killed 7 people and injured 10 with a vehicle ramming attack and knife rampage on June 8, 2008 in Akhihabara, a shopping centre in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo known worldwide as the "Mecca of Otakus". He also was [[incelibacy|involuntarily without a girlfriend]]. He rammed into shoppers with a rented two-ton truck and then stabbed 17 people in the space of a few minutes, reportedly roaring in anger as he slashed at and stabbed the stunned pedestrians.
-At the time it was one of the worst mass-killings in Japan, but it has since been superseded. The attack was allegedly filmed and livestreamed by onlookers, but no video evidence proving this claim exists.
+At the time it was the worst mass-killing in Japan since World War II, but it has since been superseded. The attack was allegedly filmed and livestreamed by onlookers, but no video evidence proving this claim exists.
 He was sentenced to death for his crimes, with the conviction being upheld on appeal in 2015.
 He was apparently an Otaku himself, like many of his victims, when asked about his preferences in women he stated that he was "only interested in two-dimensional girlfriends".<ref>https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kato-tomohiro.htm</ref>