Man Gets Death Penalty for Schoolroom Killings
From Times Wire Reports
A man was sentenced to death for fatally stabbing eight children at an elementary school in western Japan two years ago. Mamoru Takuma, 39, who previously received treatment for mental illness, had pleaded guilty to the killings as well as charges of injuring 13 other children and two teachers at Ikeda Elementary School near Osaka.
Seven girls and a boy between the ages of 6 and 8 were killed in June 2001 when Takuma burst into their classroom and started slashing at random.
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