Tomohiro Katō the man responsible for 7 deaths and injuring 10 people in the Akihabara massacre faces a possible death penalty for the worst murder case in Japan in the last 7 years. In court Tomohiro Katō apologized for his crime;

“I first would like to use this opportunity to offer an apology. I am deeply sorry to the people who died, those who were injured, and to the bereaved family members.”

He has also apologized to one of his victims a tax driver, 56 year old Hiroshi Yuasa;

“However much I repent, however much I apologize will never be enough to make things right, and since my crime deserves death 10,000 times I think I will be sentenced to death.”

He describes the pain that the victims are feeling as such;

pain “must be something like the uncontrollable anger I felt when my online self was killed on the forum I spent all my time on by trolls.”

Before the akihabara massacre took place Tomohiro Katō posted his plan on a phone bulletin board;

I Will Kill People in Akihabara

06/08 05:21

I will come barging in with a vehicle, and if I can’t use the vehicle, I will use a knife. Farewell, everyone

For everyone out there do you believe that Tomohiro Katō’s apology is sincere? Does he deserve the death penalty?

Akihabara has had a recent upgrade in security because of the Akihabara massacre

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