Last year, a member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force was shot with a rifle during live-fire training at a firing range in Gifu City, killing and injuring three people.He was sent to Gifu Family Court on charges of shooting three people in an attempt to steal ammunition. The court decided to send the 19-year-old former Self-Defense Force candidate back to the public prosecutor's office, saying, ``This was a brutal crime with no regard for the importance of human life, and criminal punishment is appropriate.''
Last June, a 19-year-old former Self-Defense Force cadet fired a rifle during live-fire training at a Ground Self-Defense Force firing range in Gifu City, killing a 52-year-old 1st class sergeant and a 25-year-old 3rd class sergeant. was killed and another 3rd class sergeant was seriously injured.
According to sources, the former candidate was judged to be capable of criminal responsibility as a result of a psychiatric evaluation by an expert, and prosecutors have accused him of crimes including robbery and murder, in which he shot three people while trying to steal ammunition last month. I sent it to the family court as such.
In the judgment on the 19th, Judge Saori Hamaguchi of the Gifu Family Court said, ``The act of firing a rifle at an unarmed member of the military is extremely dangerous, a cruel crime that has no regard for the importance of human life, and has no social impact.'' "This is a serious matter," and the decision was made to send the case back to the public prosecutor's office, stating, "Even taking into consideration the boy's personality, age, environment, and other circumstances, we cannot find any circumstances that warrant measures other than criminal punishment." .
Based on this decision, the prosecutor will decide whether to prosecute.