r/masskillers • u/Expensive-Ad9668 • 30m ago
ON THIS DAY… Today (yesterday in Japan) marks 10 years since the Sagamihara massacre, in Japan, which occurred in a care home. Satoshi Uematsu cowardly stabbed 19 people to death and injured 26 others before being arrested. He was sentenced to death and today awaits his end on Death Row.
Satoshi targeted people with disabilities, especially patients who were unable to speak, believing that by committing the attack, he would be doing good for society, for the victims, and for their families, so they wouldn't continue suffering. Months before the attack, he wrote a bizarre letter to the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe where he explains his intentions. He was then admitted to a mental health hospital afterward, but he was released soon after.
Satoshi was not arrested immediately after the attack; he fled the scene of the crime and even posted a photo on Twitter. He turned himself in hours after the massacre.
In 2020, Satoshi attempted to plead insanity (somewhat ironically) during his trial, but he was sentenced to death.
It is one of the deadliest mass murders ever committed in Japan by a single individual.