Injuries to facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities

Before the judge trial of a case where 19 people were killed at a facility for the intellectually disabled in Sagamihara City starting next month, a former staff member of the facility visited the site and handed flowers on the 26th of the month of death Was.

In July 2016, residents were stabbed with blades one after another at a facility for intellectual disabilities "Tsukui Yamayuri-en" in Sagamihara City, killing 19 people and injuring 26 people. Staff Defendant Uematsu (29) has been charged with murder and other charges.

In front of the facility, a flower arrangement was set up on the anniversary of every month on the 26th of the month, and former staff members who were in charge of the victims visited the facility and turned their hands quietly after turning their flowers.

Former employee Akira Ota said, "I felt even more liable that I couldn't prevent the case before the trial. I hope to hear the defendant's words and find out why and why she went wrong. "

A former employee, a 75-year-old woman who had been working at the facility for about 40 years, said, "No matter what the outcome of the trial, the victims will not return. I want the defendants to feel a little sorry. "

The trial will begin on the 8th of next month and the ruling will be issued on March 16th.