Sagamihara 4 years since the killing of the disabled Persons mourn the victims and continue to offer flowers 12:15 on July 26th
On the 26th, four years after the 19 people were killed at a facility for people with intellectual disabilities in Sagamihara City, the dedication stand installed in the facility that was the site, such as people with disabilities, family members, people related to the facility, etc. Visited one after another and mourned the victims.
Four years ago, on July 26, 2016, in the case of a facility for people with intellectual disabilities "Tsukui Yamayurien" in Sagamihara City, a former employee who was sentenced to death in March this year, Sei Uematsu (30 ), 19 men and women aged 19 to 70 years old were killed and 26 were injured.
Due to the effect of the new coronavirus, the memorial ceremony that was held every year was canceled, but on the 26th, a flower stand provided in front of the on-site facility, people and families with disabilities from the morning, Persons involved in the facility and neighbors visited one after another, mourning the victims with flowers in hand.
Takeshi Ono, whose son Ichiya was seriously injured in the case, said, “The trial is over, but in us, time has stopped since the morning of that day. Unless we talk more about the case, it will become more and more weathered. I would like to tell you so that the situation of the welfare for the handicapped will be improved so that the incident will not disappear."
In addition, a 40-year-old couple who lived in the prefecture for the first time with a son of a fourth-year elementary school student with autism said, “I don't feel that the environment surrounding people with disabilities has changed after the incident. People with disabilities live together. I would like to see a society where people can do it, and where it is easy for them to recognize the differences."