A Japanese man has been sentenced to death for killing 19 people at a facility for disabled people.
Nine men and 10 women, ranging in age from 18 to 70, were killed, and 26 people were injured, when Satoshi Uematsu went on a stabbing spree at the care home in 2016.It was one of Japan's deadliest mass killings since the end of World War II. Uematsu, now aged 30, broke in to the Tsukui Yamayuri-en facility in Sagamihara, a city west of Tokyo, where he used to work. He tied up two members of staff, and then went from wing to wing, floor by floor, killing patients, officials said at the time.
But when he was discharged from the institution in March 2016, the hospital failed to inform the care center, although extra security cameras had been set up around the facility.Uematsu began working at the care home in 2012 and had no specific problems with the patients, a prefectural official said following the attack. Former colleagues said he was personable and good with children and neighbors were shocked to hear of his involvement in the incident.
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