A 46-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after he went on a stabbing rampage, killing one person and injuring two others in Nagano City, will undergo psychiatric tests to determine if he is mentally fit to stand trial.
Yusuke Yaguchi is accused of fatally stabbing Hiroyoshi Maruyama, 49, and wounding another man and a woman as they waited for a bus outside JR Nagano Station at around 8 p.m. on Jan 22.
Yaguchi was arrested at his home, about three kilometers east of the station, on Jan 26.
The Nagano District Public Prosecutors Office said Yaguchi told them he did not know any of the victims and that he picked them at random, Kyodo News reported.
The psychiatric tests will continue until July 11.
© Japan Today
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TokyoLiving
He needs gallows..
grc
What’s with all the knife crime?
bass4funk
Crazy! In all my years of martial arts training, knives are without a doubt the most scariest weapon to use for multiple reasons, I don’t care how well-trained you are, even for a seasoned fighter, knives are just scary, unless I’m backed into a corner with no other way out, if I see a knife, I bolt simple as that.
nandakandamanda
Not sure how thorough these 'psychiatric tests' are.
I always remember the guy who chopped up and ate his Danish girlfiend in Paris. Released from a French prison and sent back to Japan, he was evaluated as sane and allowed to go home free where he became some kind of a celebrity. (Not wishing to name him.)