Japan executes man over 2008 stabbing rampage: local media

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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan on Tuesday executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s popular Akihabara electronics district in 2008, local media reported. The Justice Ministry declined to immediately confirm reports on national broadcaster NHK and other outlets that Tomohiro Kato had been executed over the attack, which began with him driving a truck into a crowd. Kato went on the stabbing spree on June 8, 2008, telling […]