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Toyama Police Arrest Unemployed Man Over Alleged Tokyo Knife Plot
Toyama Prefectural Police arrested 53-year-old Katsumi Mori on July 14 for planning indiscriminate killings in Tokyo. The unemployed Namerikawa resident admitted the allegations and cited inflation struggles as motivation.
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Toyama Prefectural Police arrested 53-year-old Katsumi Mori of Namerikawa on July 14 for allegedly planning indiscriminate killings in Tokyo and preparing a knife for the act. Mori, who is unemployed, booked a bus to Tokyo and placed a knife in his backpack on July 11, The Japan Times reported.
He told police he wanted to die amid inflation struggles and expected to be shot or sentenced to death if he carried out the plan.
Police began investigating after receiving information on July 11 that a man in Toyama Prefecture was plotting to kill many unspecified people. Mori emerged as a suspect that day and was arrested at his home the following day. Mori broadly admitted the allegations, according to Toyama Prefectural Police.
The alleged target was many unspecified people in Tokyo.
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