Fresh warrant served on Akihabara stabbing spree suspect

Sunday 22nd June, 06:15 AM JST

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8iamhappy8 at 10:05 AM JST - 21st June

"Kato was first arrested at the crime scene on S-U-S-P-I-C-I-O-N of attempted murder for stabbing a 24-year-old woman in the back."

Is this sentence for real?
rtrhead1 at 10:05 AM JST - 21st June

Why do the japanese cops waste any time at all with this dog and pony show by serving fresh warrants on suspects that they already have in custody? It seems like one of the more ridiculous things they do.
raymech1 at 12:36 PM JST - 21st June

Yeah, this should be a no-brainer case. Just lock him up till its time for hime to swing...
Mex at 01:11 PM JST - 21st June

well, another crime with, no coment! or should I say, that he does not remenber what he did? and oll the pain who sufer the related people should be forgoten? c'man! every time is hapend, is this the most "nice and clean" country? ohh! and safe?
himasan at 02:36 PM JST - 21st June

They have to serve fresh warrants, theres this thing called the justice system and if its not followed properly lawyers could get this guy off.
SushiSake3 at 05:29 PM JST - 21st June

His lawyers will simply have to "prove" Kato is "insane" and he'll be off scot-free, like that guy who killed those kids and impaled their heads on poles outside the school.

He is apparently out. He murdered those kids only 7 years ago.
wilbur at 06:30 PM JST - 21st June

himasan:They have to serve fresh warrants, theres this thing called the justice system and if its not followed properly lawyers could get this guy off. a justice system ? in japan ? hahahahahahahaha
Riptorn at 07:11 PM JST - 21st June

I don't think its a good idea to insult the victims or their respective families by referring to Kato as a 'suspect' in this incident. He committed his act on a busy street in front of countless witnesses for a sustained period of time. To call him a suspect is a joke, the man is THE killer beyond any reasonable doubt.
fishead at 12:23 AM JST - 22nd June

Why the quotes around "insane" SushiSake3? Does this sort of act strike you as the sort of thing a sane person does? Kato's comment that "I decided to stage the attack to make people on the Internet aware of my presence." sounds delusional to me - and I've worked with schizophrenics before.

Kato may or may not be mentally ill. Let the psychiatrists figure that out. But the mere assumption that the insanity defense is bogus is pretty annoying. Spend some time around a someone who is delusional and you'll see these people are truly unhinged from reality. Does that make them innocent? No, but the the concept of innocence and guilt that we apply to normally functioning people is inappropriate in the case of someone who is insane.
DenshaDeGO at 07:10 AM JST - 22nd June

... has basically admitted to the allegations ...

What do you mean "basically"?
moonbeams at 01:06 PM JST - 22nd June

I think it should be obvious by now that "suspicion" in English and "suspicion" as translated by Kyodo News are not the same word.
Fighton at 08:25 PM JST - 22nd June

This is the Japanese way. Always find extra time to waste when they already arrested the suspect.
Blue_Tiger at 11:57 PM JST - 22nd June

Money says that Kato will get off on an insanity plea.....either that, or get a seven-year-slap-on-the^wrist like Muto did for killing then dicing his sister.