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Knife attacker Satoshi Uematsu, who is suspected of killing at least 19 disabled people at a special facility near Tokyo, threatened to wipe out a total of 470 in letters he sent to a Japanese member of parliament some months prior to the mass killing.Satoshi Uematsu promised to "obliterate 470 disabled people" in the letters he wrote in February and then attempted to pass to the speaker of Japan's lower house of parliament.
"I am fully aware that my remark is eccentric. However, thinking about the tired faces of guardians, the dull eyes of caregivers working at the facility, I am not able to contain myself, and so I decided to take action today for the sake of Japan and the world," he wrote, as quoted by AP.
"My reasoning is that I may be able to revitalize the world economy and I thought it may be possible to prevent World War III."
"The act will be carried out speedily and definitely without harming the staff. After wiping out the 260 people in two facilities, I will turn myself in," the letter goes on.
"My goal is a world in which the severely disabled can be euthanized, with their guardians' consent, if they are unable to live at home and be active in society," Uematsu wrote, apparently trying to explain his goal.
Comment: Very strange and warped thinking for this knife attacker to resort to such measures to get attention. What's worse is he gave ample warning.