NEWS: Man kills 7 in Japan with a knife

A 47-year old Japanese just went on a killing rampage.
Four men and three women were found stabbed to death early Monday morning at two homes in Kakogawa. Another woman seriously wounded. Suspect held.

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Tragic, thatīs all I can say...

[edit on 8-1-2004 by Valhall]

[edit on 2004/8/1 by Hellmutt]

[edit on 2-8-2004 by Zion Mainframe]

More proof that people will find ways to kill other people even if they cant get their hands on guns. A good old knife can do the job all the same.

Reminds me of "Falling down".

As a sidenote, that's what the stressing japanese work culture leads to:

www.washingtontimes.com...



I take a guess and predict the guy will be found dead, killed by himself.

Maybe he have seen too many violent japanese horrormovies?

Actually, Iīll stick to that stress in the workplace-theory...

Itīs not only in Japan people go crazy with knives these days...
Is there a pattern?

www.aftenposten.no...

"Stabbing spree stuns Oslo
At least six persons were stabbed late Tuesday afternoon both on and near one of the city's public transit trams as it rolled through the Bislett area of Oslo. One of the victims died of the stab wounds, while at least one other was seriously injured"..."Witnesses said a man suddenly went amok and attacked around six persons on the tram as it travelled..."

ban all knives! knives are evil! knives kill people!

sound rediculous? sound absurd? doesnt sound silly when you replace knife with gun for some people. in fact it makes perfect sense.

ban pencils! ban knives! ban anything with an edge or a point! it can kill people and these inanimate objects are evil! they kill people!

although i notice the headline. HE kill 7 people with a knive. not "knife goes on a killing rampage and claims 7 victims"

im not a gun freak but i think this shows more than guns can be used to kill people.

in fact i've been hearing about more murders with weapons other than guns lately. its like a trend...or maybe a reflection of things that are happening. with no gun to use they look to something else to use.

or he was cutting carrots and felt like having a psychotic episode.

Good point ThePrankMonkey if they banned knives people would just use a axe or a hammer. I seen cases of people killed with rocks or bricks if people want to really kill someone they will always find a way to do it.


ps. I think there was a killing in England recently were a kid killed another kid with a hammer and they blamed it on the video game Man Hunt. People want to ban the game and they have in some stores already. Why not ban hammers while there at it

Forget about banning items.... Let`s just ban HUMANS....... I mean if we banned rocks, pensils, rope, or anything for that matter. These people would still kill with their hands, feet, or anything that it took. The only way to solve this is to ban HUMANS!

Come on now. Couldn't you argue with a knife, he only killed 7, but with a gun he could of killed far more? Yes, he could of killed someone with a hammer, but a hammer is used on nails. A knife, in the kitchen. An axe to cut tress. Bricks to build houses. A gun.... um.... what's a gun used for again?

I'm just saying guns are a very complex subject, and shouldn't be oversimplified with analogies.

[edit on 7-8-2004 by kegs]

I go target shooting with my guns that does not kill anything except paper targets so maybe it kill trees but so do books in that case.. Then you have hunting, self defense. A gun has uses just like any other tool.

I donīt think banning anything will help.
There will always be something around that could be used as a weapon.

These events is a symptom.
Cure the disease.
But first we have to find out why these people go crazy...

Wow, the guy used a knife. Well, better than the guy who used a axe to kill 9 people in Ontario. Or the woman who ran her husband over with a car to kill him. Should we ban axes and cars?

Well, as the guy said, you say Knives evil, knives kill people, ban knives! People think you crazy, but if you replace knife with gun, people support you.

Edited-Screwed up on one item.

[edit on 9-8-2004 by James the Lesser]

I agree one hundred percent. These arguments are far too simplistic. They ignore the efficiency of the various tools. Guns are far more efficient killing ustensils and that needs to be taken into account in legislating their availibility or lack thereof. To evade this obvious point traps the debate on a very superficial and uninteresting level.

Suitcase nukes are even more efficient killers, hence the reason why the world tends to frown upon their availibility to the general public...

Relating to the topic of the thread: I have noticed that thses stabbing rampages seem to occur more often than else where in Japan... I don't know if it is an artifact of my perception, or of the news media. But if you asked me where I have heard most bizarre stabbing rampages as originating from, I would say Japan.
Perhaps if they were culturally partial to firearms the way Americans are, they would be shooting killings instead...

U.

Iīve heard about several incidents in other countries where a samurai-sword has been used as weapon. This guy however used "a knife". The article doesnīt mention the size of the "knife" though. I assume it would be difficult to kill so many people using a kitchen knife. Maybe it was just bad translation, maybe it really was a samurai-sword? I canīt read japanese...

Well, a gun isn't as efficent as you think. A small hole compared to a 9 inch slash or a big stab wound. Only thing a gun gives you is distance.

Yes, which is a particularly significant advantage.
Efficiency should be judged by rate of casualty, and it is undeniable that a gun will tend to kill or fatally wound more people in less time than a knife.
Particularly if you are talking about automatic firearms.

U.

It seems like the guy who went crazy in Oslo was from Somalia.
Might explane it.
If they are in danger of being thrown out of the country,
they go and do something crazy like this.
And then they get at least 10 years in jail.
A jail-life which might be luxury for them compared to the option.

vedddy eeeenteresting....

well, first off, it feeds the fear machine - justifies a police state security apparatus to protect us from lunatic sushi chefs...

and second, it does de-throne the firearm as the ultimate lethal weapon, making the public feel less helpless when we're no longer allowed to have em.

Well,
As for guns vs. knifes...
I just heard that a dog managed to shoot a man.

Dog uses gun to save her pups!

"A man who tried to shoot seven puppies was shot himself when one of the dogs put its paw on the revolver's trigger."


I doubt any dog will ever be able to stab anyone with a knife.