At least 5 dead in Tokyo stabbing spree
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/japan.stabbing.spree/index.html TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A man ran over a group of people with his truck and then stabbed 17, killing at least 5, in a video game district of downtown Tokyo Sunday afternoon, according to a Tokyo fire official.
Rescue workers from the Tokyo Fire Department gather to help the injured in Tokyo's Akihabara district.
Three men -- ages 19, 47 and 74 -- were killed, according to a Tokyo metropolitan police officer.
Two others were critically wounded, police said.
Japanese media reported that the suspect told investigators he was 25 years old.