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AN Indonesian man who murdered 42 women in "black magic" rituals aimed at increasing his supernatural powers will soon be executed by firing squad, a prosecutor said today
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ONLINE bookseller Amazon today gave Japanese fans a glimpse of JK Rowling`s first book since the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series, which it bought for $US4 million ($4.16 million)
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MONGOLIA`S national election won by the former communist party was "fair", a spokesman for the General Election Committee said, after riots broke out amid claims of vote rigging
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THE death toll from a stabbing rampage by an unemployed man at a Shanghai police station rose to six today after another officer died of his injuries
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A HELICOPTER belonging to US-led coalition troops was shot down by small-arms fire in Afghanistan today and America`s top military officer said he was increasingly concerned about the rising violence
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  • Man posted warning of stabbing spree on website
  • Seven people killed with butcher`s knife
  • Told police he was tired of living

A DISTURBED comic-book fan who killed seven people on a stabbing frenzy in downtown Tokyo had advertised what he was going to do on an internet bulletin board.

As mourners placed flowers, sweets and comic-book images at a makeshift shrine, new details emerged of how he kept a detailed log of his plans to wreak havoc in Akihabara, the hub of Tokyo`s comic-book subculture.

The assailant behind Japan`s deadliest crime in seven years, 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato, worked on a temporary contract at an auto components factory in central Shizuoka prefecture, police said.

Yesterday, he drove a rented two-tonne truck some 100km from the town of Susuno to Tokyo, swerving the vehicle into pedestrians before bursting out and stabbing at random with a butcher`s knife.

He told police he was "tired of living`` and had no motive other than to kill people - anyone he found.

Mr Kato reportedly had a strong interest in comic-book and video-game subculture.

In a school yearbook in which graduating students were asked to describe their personalities, Mr Kato enclosed a picture of an action hero and simply wrote the word "curt", a television report said.

He allegedly admitted to police that he documented his journey on internet bulletin boards posted from his mobile telephone.

"I`ll crash my vehicle into people and if the vehicle becomes useless, I`ll get out a knife. Goodbye everyone!`` said one posting hours before the crime, as quoted by Japanese media.

On a different site, an anonymous posting on May 27 was entitled "A disaster in Akihabara`` and warned that an incident would take place on June 5.

Around the crime scene, overnight rain had washed away the bloodstains from the streets of the electronics district, where residents placed flowers and pressed their hands in prayer at a makeshift shrine set amid the neon signs.

In the Japanese tradition, mourners left offerings at the shrine including sweets, coffee, beer and - in a twist befitting Akihabara - comic-book images of action heroes.

 

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