7 die in tokyo stabbing rampage

A 25-year-old man said to have been "tired" of life went on a violent death rampage in a busy shopping area in telephone exchange Tokyo on Lord's Day, plowing his truck into a crowd of walker before stabbing passers-by with a endurance knife. Seven people died and 11 others were injured in the onslaught.

The onslaught took place not long after noon on a main thoroughfare that had been closed off to vehicles for the day in Akihabara, the main territory for electronic goods in Tokyo and a magnet for fans of Nipponese anime and manga comedian. The location, as well as the figure of human death, stunned a state that has long enjoyed low crime rates but has late experienced random stabbings in less high profile areas.

The police force identified the aggressor as Tomohiro Kato, who was life by himself in a small flat in Shizuoka, a prefecture just west of Tokyo. According to the Nipponese media, Kato told the police force that he had grown "tired" of life, "hated the world" and had gone to Akihabara to kill people.

"Anyone was O.K.," he told the police force, according to local media study.

Japanese telecasting showed the police force holding Kato on the land about five min after the onslaught had started. He was dressed in a black jersey, off-white trousers and jacket, and gym shoe.

Around 12:30 p.m., the suspect drove a white, two-ton rental truck into an intersection point of the vehicle-free thoroughfare, devising zigzags and hit several people, the police force said. The man then got out of his car and, shouting in a loud voice, began indiscriminately stabbing passers-by, including a police force officer, with a endurance knife.

Nipponese television, displaying video mental image captured on cellphones by witnesses, showed organic structure scattered in the area just after the onslaught. The authorization could be seen trying to revive several victims.

Six men and one woman, ranging in age from 19 to 74, died from their injuries, the authorities said.