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EspañolOSAKA SCHOOL MASSACRE
The 'Osaka School Massacre' took place on June 8, 2001, at Ikeda Elementary School, an elite primary school affiliated with Osaka Kyoiku University in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
At 10:15 that morning, 37-year-old former janitor Mamoru Takuma entered the school armed with a kitchen knife and began stabbing numerous school children and teachers. He killed eight children, mostly between the ages of seven and eight, and seriously wounded thirteen other children and two teachers. Takuma was later convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence was executed on September 14, 2004. [1]
The Osaka School Massacre was the second largest mass murder in recent Japanese history, exceeded only by the fatalities caused in the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. This incident, however, was set apart by the young age of the victims, by its occurrence at a school, and by the murderer's history of mental illness.[2] Because of these factors, the Osaka School Massacre raised questions in Japan about the country's social policies regarding the treatment of mental illness, the rights of criminals and victims, and the accessibility and security of Japanese schools. [3] [4]
After the attack, Yoshio Yamane, the principal administrator of the school, announced that it would receive a security guard, an at-the-time unheard of feature of Japanese schools. [2] Additionally, J-Pop artist Utada Hikaru, rearranged her song ''Distance'' in honor of Rena Yamashita, retitling it ''FINAL DISTANCE''.
★ Yuki Hongo (本郷優希 ''Hongō Yūki'')
★ Mayuko Isaka (猪阪真宥子 ''Isaka Mayuko'')
★ Yuka Kiso (木曽友香 ''Kiso Yūka'')
★ Ayano Moriwaki (森脇綾乃 ''Moriwaki Ayano'')
★ Maki Sakai (酒井麻希 ''Sakai Maki'')
★ Takahiro Totsuka (戸塚健大 ''Totsuta Takahiro'') (the only male student to die in the attack) [2]
★ Hana Tsukamoto (塚本花菜 ''Tsukamoto Hana'')
★ Rena Yamashita (山下玲奈 ''Yamashita Rena'')
★ school massacre
★ mass murder
1. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/news/nn09-2004/nn20040915a5.htm
2. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/09/japan.stabbing.02/index.html
3. http://www.extrajudicialexecutions.org/communications/japan.html
4. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T1B-43N6Y44-V&_user=10&_coverDate=07%2F28%2F2001&_rdoc=1&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=635fde54f41649921eaffb46e1a8ed5d
5. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/09/japan.stabbing.02/index.html
6. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/09/japan.stabbing.02/index.html
★ Time Magazine article - "Cutting Into Innocence," June 10, 2001.
★ CNN.com article - "At least eight dead in Osaka school rampage," June 8, 2001.
| Contents |
| The Attack |
| Aftermath |
| Deceased victims |
| See also |
| References |
| External links |
The Attack
At 10:15 that morning, 37-year-old former janitor Mamoru Takuma entered the school armed with a kitchen knife and began stabbing numerous school children and teachers. He killed eight children, mostly between the ages of seven and eight, and seriously wounded thirteen other children and two teachers. Takuma was later convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence was executed on September 14, 2004. [1]
The Osaka School Massacre was the second largest mass murder in recent Japanese history, exceeded only by the fatalities caused in the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. This incident, however, was set apart by the young age of the victims, by its occurrence at a school, and by the murderer's history of mental illness.[2] Because of these factors, the Osaka School Massacre raised questions in Japan about the country's social policies regarding the treatment of mental illness, the rights of criminals and victims, and the accessibility and security of Japanese schools. [3] [4]
Aftermath
After the attack, Yoshio Yamane, the principal administrator of the school, announced that it would receive a security guard, an at-the-time unheard of feature of Japanese schools. [2] Additionally, J-Pop artist Utada Hikaru, rearranged her song ''Distance'' in honor of Rena Yamashita, retitling it ''FINAL DISTANCE''.
Deceased victims
★ Yuki Hongo (本郷優希 ''Hongō Yūki'')
★ Mayuko Isaka (猪阪真宥子 ''Isaka Mayuko'')
★ Yuka Kiso (木曽友香 ''Kiso Yūka'')
★ Ayano Moriwaki (森脇綾乃 ''Moriwaki Ayano'')
★ Maki Sakai (酒井麻希 ''Sakai Maki'')
★ Takahiro Totsuka (戸塚健大 ''Totsuta Takahiro'') (the only male student to die in the attack) [2]
★ Hana Tsukamoto (塚本花菜 ''Tsukamoto Hana'')
★ Rena Yamashita (山下玲奈 ''Yamashita Rena'')
See also
★ school massacre
★ mass murder
References
1. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/news/nn09-2004/nn20040915a5.htm
2. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/09/japan.stabbing.02/index.html
3. http://www.extrajudicialexecutions.org/communications/japan.html
4. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T1B-43N6Y44-V&_user=10&_coverDate=07%2F28%2F2001&_rdoc=1&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=635fde54f41649921eaffb46e1a8ed5d
5. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/09/japan.stabbing.02/index.html
6. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/09/japan.stabbing.02/index.html
External links
★ Time Magazine article - "Cutting Into Innocence," June 10, 2001.
★ CNN.com article - "At least eight dead in Osaka school rampage," June 8, 2001.
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