Tomohiro Kato, a 39-year-old man who killed seven people in Tokyo in 2008, was hanged at the behest of the Japanese government on Tuesday morning. Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa told reporters that Kato was hanged at the Tokyo detention centre.

Japan hangs man who went on stabbing spree at Tokyo shopping mall in 2008

Witnesses described a chaotic scene in the immediate of a stabbing in a Japanese city on Tuesday. Two people were killed and 16 others were injured after a man attacked a group of schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo, before killing himself.

Witnesses describe stabbing attack in Japan

At least 16 people have been injured in the mass attack and at least two people are reportedly dead. Police have confirmed one girl has died. The suspect reportedly stabbed himself in the neck and was later detained. He has now died from his injuries.

Japan knife attack: At least 17 injured in attack

A 26-year-old former employee at the facility, quoted by police as saying 'I want to get rid of the disabled from this world', was arrested

19 dead, 25 wounded in knife attack on disabled care centre in Tokyo

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Japan hangs man who went on stabbing spree at Tokyo shopping mall in 2008

Witnesses describe stabbing attack in Japan

Japan knife attack: At least 17 injured in attack

19 dead, 25 wounded in knife attack on disabled care centre in Tokyo