“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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A year and a half after a vicious attack left seven people dead in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, a neighborhood association activated 16 outdoor surveillance cameras Tuesday in an effort to restore the neighborhood’s reputation.

Akiba,” as the district is known to its fans, is a mecca of electronic gadgets and “otaku” (geek) culture.

“We hope the cameras will deter crimes. And we want to assure the public that Akihabara has become a safe place,” Chiyoda Ward spokesman Kazuhisa Yamaguchi said.

The man accused of this vicious attack that took place on june 8, 2008 in akihabra is Tomohiro Kato, 25. Tomohiro Kato ran people down in a truck then exited the vehicle and began stabbing people in a busy intersection.

The estimated cost for the cameras;

Chiyoda Ward and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will share the cost — about ¥30 million — of the 50 surveillance cameras with neighborhood associations, Yamaguchi said.