Halloween train attack 17 injuries revealed imitation crime
A train arson and beheading occurred on Halloween night in Tokyo, Japan. A 24-year-old man dressed as the villain of the movie "Batman" committed a crime. After boarding the car, he cut an old man with a knife and set fire. After committing the crime, he calmly Arrested by the police, did not resist. He confessed to the crime, claimed that he wanted to kill in order to be sentenced to death, regretted that no one died in the case, and mentioned that he imitated a train beheading case in Tokyo this summer.
Long knife stabbed chest after spraying insecticide on old man
Japanese media quoted investigators as reporting that the suspect Hattori Kyouta was from Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture and moved to Tokyo in July this year. At 7:50 on Sunday evening, he boarded a Keio line express train with Shinjuku Station as the terminal at Chofu Station, sprayed insecticide on the eyes of a 72-year-old man in Car 3 and used a long appointment. A 30 cm kitchen knife stabbed the opponent's right chest; then, holding a sharp knife and a plastic bottle, walked toward the front of the car to Car 5.
When Hattori Kyouta came to Car No. 5, he poured flammable liquid and burned the seat with a lighter. There was chaos and dense smoke in the carriage, and passengers scrambled to escape to other carriages. When the train arrived at the Guoling Station, which did not stop, the train stopped urgently, but the door did not open immediately, and the passengers were forced to climb to the platform through the window. At this time, Hattori turned back to the back of the car and came to Car 2 and was arrested by the police at 8:09 p.m. He was sitting on the seat with a knife.
Witnesses thought Halloween pranks
The assassinated old man was in critical condition. Another 16 passengers aged between 10 and 60 were slightly injured by a fall and inhalation of heavy smoke. The fire in the compartment was extinguished about half an hour later. A passenger who was about one meter away from the suspect at the time of the incident said that the other party was holding a blood knife at the time and thought it was a Halloween prank; some passengers also remembered the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack that killed 14 people in 1995.
The police stated that Hattori Kyouta still held a knife after committing the crime, and was later arrested at the police officer's instructions to abandon the weapon. During the period, he did not resist. According to the photos and videos uploaded by witnesses on social networks, Hattori Kyota was dressed as a "clown", wearing a green shirt and a purple suit. He expressed his admiration for the "clown" to the police, confessing that "I want to kill someone and get the death penalty," referring to his career failure in June this year, and his relationship with friends deteriorated, and he thought he would be sentenced to death. Hattori Kyouta mentioned that he imitated a train killing case during the Olympic Games in Tokyo on August 6 this year. At that time, a man was randomly killed on a train on the Odakyu Electric Railway Odawara Line in Setagaya District, and 10 people were injured.
He threatened to kill at least two people
He also said that the attack on Halloween was due to the large number of train passengers and the distance between the stations where the express trains stop. Once the passengers were unable to escape after the attack, he wanted to kill two or more people and was sentenced to death. The police also alleged that the Hattori had appeared in Shibuya two hours before the incident and was wearing a "clown" costume. The suspect revealed the role of a "joker" who longed for murder and used it as a "decisive suit" for the crime to buy clothing and knives from the Internet.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroichi Matsuno said yesterday that this was an extremely murderous incident, and he has clearly instructed relevant departments to ask local police to ensure railway safety. The railway company explained that the train did not stop at the correct position. The staff decided not to open the train doors and platform gates to prevent passengers from falling into the gaps of the platform. The driver did not know the situation inside the train at the time. Comprehensive report of our newspaper