"Fifteen people were confirmed dead while four were in cardiac arrest, the media reports said. Eight children were stabbed to death at their school by a former janitor in 2001. Police said they were still investigating possible motives.Asahi Shimbun reported that the suspect was quoted by policeas saying: "I want to get rid of the disabled from this world. The wounded were taken to at least six hospitals in the western Tokyo area.Twenty-nine emergency squads responded to the attack, Kyodoreported.A man identified as the father of a patient in the facilitytold NHK he learned about the attack on the radio and hadreceived no information from the centre. "I’m very worried but they won’t let me in," he said, standing just outside a cordon of yellow crime-scene tape.Kyodo, citing the facility’s website, said the centre had a maximum capacity of 150 people.Such mass killings are rare in Japan.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 26, 2016 00:45 UTC