Photos: Japan stabbing rampage

Police officers stand guard outside the Tsukui Yamayuri En care center where a knife-wielding man went on a rampage in the city of Sagamihara, Japan, on July 26, 2016.

(Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP/Getty Images)

Chicago Tribune

July 26, 2016 9:31 AM PT

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A young Japanese man went on a stabbing rampage Tuesday at a facility for the mentally disabled where he had been fired, officials said, killing 19 people months after he gave a letter to Parliament outlining the bloody plan and saying all disabled people should be put to death.

Broadcast television news vehicles are seen parked near the Tsukui Yamayuri En care center where a knife-wielding man went on a rampage in Sagamihara, Japan, on July 26, 2016.

(Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP/Getty Images)

This aerial view shows Tsukui Yamayuri En, a facility for the handicapped where a number of people were killed and dozens injured in a knife attack July 26, 2016, in Sagamihara, Japan.

(Kyodo News / AP)

Police officers investigate inside a residential care facility for disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan, on July 26, 2016.

(Kimimasa Mayama / EPA)

A hearse leaves a residential care facility for disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan, on July 26, 2016.

(Kimimasa Mayama / EPA)

Japanese police offers give directions to vehicles on a blocked road in front of residential care facility for disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan, on July 26, 2016.

(Kimimasa Mayama / EPA)

Journalists surround Governor of Kanazawa Prefecture Yuji Kuroiwa offering a prayer for victims killed at a residential care facility for disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan, on July 26, 2016.

(Kimimasa Mayama / EPA)