Japan executes man over 2008 Tokyo stabbing rampage

Authorities in Japan executed a man convicted of killing seven people during a 2008 rampage in a crowded Tokyo shopping district on Tuesday.

“The death sentence in this case was finalized through sufficient deliberation in court,” Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa told reporters. “Based on this fact, I approved the execution after extremely thorough scrutiny.”

The man convicted of the attack, identified as Tomohiro Kato, was hanged at the Tokyo detention center earlier on Tuesday.

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