On the 26th, five years after the murder of 19 people at a facility for people with intellectual disabilities in Sagamihara City, a large number of people visited the site from the morning and sacrificed flowers at the newly installed memorial monument. I am mourning the people who have become.
It has been five years since the murder of 19 people at the prefectural facility for the mentally handicapped "Tsukui Yamayurien" in Sagamihara City on July 26, 2016.
From the morning of the 26th, Governor Kuroiwa of Kanagawa Prefecture, people involved in the facility, and acquaintances of the victims are visiting for flower offerings.
In this case, the trial was held anonymously last year except for the one whose mother announced his name in the trial, but the memorial monument set up in conjunction with the reconstruction of the facility said, "The family is alive. The names of seven of the victims were engraved in response to the wishes of the bereaved family, such as "I want to keep the testimony that I had."
The visitors turned their hands to the flowers, staring at the engraved name, and quietly joined hands.
A 79-year-old woman who said her daughter had a disability said, "I think those who died would have wanted to live even more. My daughter is in another facility, but it's still not a matter of what to do if she is her own child. I want more people to be interested in the environment surrounding people with disabilities. "
The prefecture will accept flowers from the 26th to the 1st week as a promotion week aiming for the realization of a symbiotic society.
Even after the promotion week, anyone can visit during the daytime hours.
The reconstructed facility will begin to be used on the 1st of next month, with 44 residents scheduled to start a new life.
Governor Kuroiwa "Feel the weight of the lives of 19 people"
After offering flowers, Governor Kuroiwa said, "I still vividly remember that day five years ago. I want you to feel the weight of the lives of 19 people with the monument engraved with the names of the victims. 8 In the month of the month, the residents will come back and start a new life, so I hope that the interaction with the community will be reborn. "
Family Association Chairman Otsuki "Stop by and enjoy 19 people"
Kazuma Otsuki, chairman of the Tsukui Yamayurien Residents' Family Association, said, "I think the monument has been completed and a place of prayer has been completed. I want you to get it. "
Kazuya Ono's father "I finally came back here"
At the time of the incident, Mr. Takeshi Ono's father, who was in Yamayurien and was seriously injured, said, "I feel that the names of the seven people have been engraved and I have finally returned here. I asked people who didn't have their names engraved to wait. "
Director Nagai "Working to realize a symbiotic society"
Kiyomitsu Nagai, director of "Tsukui Yamayurien," said, "It's been five years since the incident, but the bereaved family who lost their important family is still in sadness. I want to work toward the realization. "
Former employee "Fulfilling responsibility by handing down the case"
Akira Ota (78), a former employee of Tsukui Yamayurien, who has continued to donate flowers on the anniversary of the death of the 26th of every month after the incident, said, "I must not forget that incident, and I wonder what was the cause in the future. I have to continue. I feel the responsibility of not being able to protect the deceased as it is related to the welfare of persons with disabilities, so I would like to fulfill my responsibility by handing down the case. "