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{{person|name=Tomohiro Kato|occupation=[[Car Mechanic]]|birthday=1983|ethnicity=Japanese|image=File:Tomohiro.jpg}} | {{person|name=Tomohiro Kato|occupation=[[Car Mechanic]]|birthday=1983|ethnicity=Japanese|image=File:Tomohiro.jpg}} | ||
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. | 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 with a large tactical knife, reportedly roaring in anger as he slashed at and stabbed the stunned pedestrians. | ||
At the time it was the worst mass-killing in Japan since World War II, but it has since been superseded.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. | At the time it was the worst mass-killing in Japan since World War II, but it has since been superseded.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. | ||
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<blockquote> "I was a kid who had a good reputation with adults. I'm accustomed to playing a [[nice guy|good guy]]. Everybody was tricked so easily."</blockquote> | <blockquote> "I was a kid who had a good reputation with adults. I'm accustomed to playing a [[nice guy|good guy]]. Everybody was tricked so easily."</blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>"I don't have a single friend and I won't in the future. I'll be ignored because I'm ugly. I'm lower than trash because at least the trash gets recycled."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"I don't have a single friend and I won't in the future. I'll be ignored because I'm ugly. I'm lower than trash because at least the trash gets recycled."</blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>"Oh, I am hopeless ... what I want to do: commit murder. My dream: to monopolize the tabloid TV shows ... I saw a loving couple at a river bank. I wish they were killed by (being) swept away by the river."</blockquote> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Ben Moynihan]] | *[[Ben Moynihan]] | ||