What the records say
- When
- 16 Sep 2004
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 4
- Coordinates
- 33.01° N, 130.45° E
- Description
- gang killings in Japan
- Injured
- 0
Ōmuta murders
Gang killings in Japan
The Ōmuta murders were committed by four members of the Kitamura-gumi (北村組), a yakuza gang based in Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan. The Kitamura-gumi was affiliated with the Dojin-kai crime syndicate. The four were sentenced to death for the murder of four people between 18 and 20 September 2004.
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