Shimonoseki Station massacre

When

29 Sep 1999

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

5

Coordinates

33.95° N, 130.92° E

Description

mass stabbing and car ramming attack in Shimonoseki, Japan

Mass stabbing and car ramming attack in Shimonoseki, Japan

The Shimonoseki Station massacre was a mass murder that occurred in Shimonoseki, Japan on 29 September 1999. Yasuaki Uwabe, a 35-year-old former architect, drove a car into Shimonoseki Station and then stabbed passers-by at random, killing five people and injuring 10 others, before being arrested at the scene. Uwabe was sentenced to death in 2002 and executed in 2012.

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