Tokaido Shinkansen passenger killing case today's first trial Yokohama District Court Odawara Branch

Tokaido Shinkansen passenger killing case today's first trial Yokohama District Court Odawara branch November 28, 4:36

Last June, a trial of a 23-year-old man who was accused of murder was started on the 28th in a case where three passengers were killed with a knife in the Tokaido Shinkansen car running in Kanagawa Prefecture. The It will be noted how the defendants testify about the motives and circumstances of the incident.

Defendant Ichiro Kojima (23), whose address was undefined, was unskilled in June last year, and cut off three passengers in the Tokaido Shinkansen train running between Shin-Yokohama Station and Odawara Station. Murdered Kotaro Umeda (38 at that time), and was accused of murder and attempted murder for injuring two women.

Judge trial of this case will begin at the Odawara branch of Yokohama District Court from 28th.

According to the investigator, the defendant said that `` everybody had been willing to kill people for a long time, '' the police prosecuted, the Odawara branch of the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office conducted a psychological evaluation by experts, He was charged with determining that he could ask criminal responsibility.

Attention will be paid to how the defendants testify about the motives and motives of the case.

JR company also strengthens in-car security

As a result of this incident, JR companies were forced to reinforce safety measures on the Shinkansen, strengthening the patrol of the inside of the car by guards, and wearing the vest and tear spray that protects the body from protective shields and blades. And so on.

In addition, from April, the national regulations on railways have been revised, and all bullet trains, such as blades exposed, are prohibited from bringing in knives and knives that are not properly wrapped, If you violate, you can now force the owner off the train.

However, while these measures have a certain effect as a measure against abnormalities that occurred in the car and suspicious people who got in, it is inadequate in terms of preventing incidents, and inspecting the customer's belongings before riding There are some indications that this should be done, but JR companies have not lost their cautious attitude to impair convenience.