It has been five years since 19 people were killed at a facility for people with intellectual disabilities in Sagamihara City.

Kanagawa Prefecture has set a week from the 26th as a promotion week aiming for the realization of a symbiotic society, and will accept flowers at the memorial monument set up at the site.

It has been five years since the murder of 19 residents at the prefectural facility for the mentally handicapped "Tsukui Yamayurien" in Sagamihara City on July 26, 2016.

In this case, the trial was held anonymously except for one who was decided to be announced by the mother in the trial, but the family was alive in the "requiem monument" set up in the square of the reconstructed facility. The names of seven of the victims were engraved in response to the bereaved family's desire to leave a testimony.

Kanagawa Prefecture has positioned the week from the 26th as "Society Kanagawa Promotion Week for Living Together", which aims to realize a symbiotic society without forgetting the incident, and accepts flowers from 9 am to 5 pm.



On the 26th, Governor Kuroiwa and other people involved in the facility will visit in the morning to commemorate the dead.



According to the prefecture, the square where the monument is set up can be visited by anyone from 9 am to 5 pm even after the promotion week.

Miho's mother "Keep living in someone's heart by writing your name"

Five years after the incident, Miho's mother, who died at the age of 19, said, "I want you to keep the incident and remember Miho and 19 people."



Miho's mother published a photo of 0 to 19 years old and Miho's name along with a memorandum in January last year, and engraved the name on the monument installed in the facility rebuilt this month. is.



Regarding the feelings of five years after the incident, the mother told NHK, "I'm dying to see Miho. I still wish I had taken him back on July 24, five years before the last meeting. I can't help but wish I could have faced the former employee who caused the incident. "



After that, "I went to the flower offering five years ago, and when I saw the name of my daughter engraved on the monument, I couldn't stop crying, saying,'I really died.' Still, I remembered Miho by writing the name. I hope they will continue to live in someone's heart. I want you to remember Miho, 19 people, and the incident. I want you to remember. It's hard, but I don't want to weather the fact that discrimination has caused sad cases. "