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Much of the attention around the attack has been focused on the alleged perpetrator, who was seen wearing what appeared to be a Joker costume - but does the attack reveal more about Japanese...
Nov 14, 2021 · Much of the attention around the attack has been focused on the alleged perpetrator, who was seen wearing what appeared to be a Joker costume - but does the attack reveal more about Japanese...
Nov 1, 2021 · published 1 November 2021. A man accused of injuring 17 passengers in a Tokyo train attack on Halloween while dressed as the Joker is said to have told investigators that he “adores” the Batman...
Nov 8, 2021 · TOKYO: Four days after a knife-wielding man dressed as the comic supervillain Joker unleashed havoc on a Tokyo train, Japanese daytime TV began speculating about how much he paid for the purple...
- Leo Lewis
A Japanese court sentenced Kyota Hattori, who was arrested at the scene, to 23 years in prison on Monday, July 31, 2023, for stabbing a passenger and setting a fire on a Tokyo express train while dressed in a Joker costume on Halloween two years ago, officials said.
Many of Japan's recent violent crimes such as the 'Joker attack' were committed by unemployed men who held a grudge against society.
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At around 8 p.m. JST on 31 October 2021, 24-year-old Kyota Hattori carried out a knife and arson attack on a Keiō Railway train as it was travelling to Kokuryō Station on the Keiō Line in Chōfu, a city in the western suburbs of Tokyo, Japan.
