At least 19 killed, 25 injured in stabbing attack at Japanese disabled facility (1 Viewer)

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-26/stabbing-attack-in-japan/7660310

"At least 19 people have been killed and 25 injured, 20 seriously, by a knife-wielding man at a facility for the disabled in Japan, a fire department official said.

Police in Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefecture, about 40 kilometres south-west of Tokyo, have arrested Satoshi Uematsu, a 26-year-old former employee at the facility, Japanese media reported.

They said staff called police at 2:30am local time on Tuesday with reports of a man armed with a knife on the grounds of the sprawling three-hectare Tsukui Yamayuri Garden facility.

The man handed himself over at a police station half an hour later and said: "I did it", a spokesman at Kanagawa Prefecture Police said."

 

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36890655

"The suspect ... sent letters to politicians in February in which he threatened to kill hundreds of disabled people during a night shift, Kyodo news agency reports.

'My goal is a world in which the severely disabled can be euthanised, with their guardians' consent, if they are unable to live at home and be active in society,' Uematsu wrote in a letter to the speaker of the lower house of parliament, obtained by Kyodo.

He was kept in hospital for almost two weeks before being released.

'You could say there were warning signs, but it's difficult to say if this could have been prevented,' Kanagawa prefecture governor Yuji Koroiwa said."