An incident occurred in Shibuya, Tokyo, where a middle school girl in the third year of junior high school wielded a weapon at a mother and daughter on their way home.

The student did this because she had no acquaintance with her victims and wanted to be executed by her, and that she rehearsed to kill her own mother and brother, she told the police that she was excommunicated.


"After going to school and holding a weapon"

On the 20th, Ms. A, a third year middle school student, who lives in Saitama Prefecture, which is adjacent to the north of Tokyo, left her home to attend a private academy.

The bag contained three weapons: 8 centimeters in length, 9 centimeters in length, and 7.5 centimeters in length.

Ms. A got off at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo and looked for places with few people, and as she walked, she chose the narrow alley around Shinsen Station on the Shibuya Keioi Nokashira Line as the location of the crime.



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A 53-year-old mother and 19-year-old daughter, who went out to play in Shibuya, a downtown area of ​​Tokyo for the weekend, were on their way home from dinner.

When I arrived near the station, I was suddenly attacked by Miss A on my back.

The mother suffered major injuries to her shoulder and back, and her daughter suffered severe injuries of three months in the front, including a 10-centimeter deep cut to her back and her arm, local media reported.

At the time, the victim said, "This kid has a knife! Help!"

Immediately after the crime, Miss A was caught by people around and handed over to the police.

It is said that Miss A did not particularly resist and did not try to run away.

He is said to have looked up at the sky and said, "Is the child dead?"



According to the investigation, Ms. A had no knowledge of the victims, and told the police that she wanted to be executed, so she wielded a knife at two women.

According to eyewitness accounts, when Miss A was caught at the scene, her mother asked "Who are you?", but she did not know each other.


"Rehearsal to kill family"

Why did Miss A wield a weapon indiscriminately at two women who had no face to face?

Ms. A, who lives with her mother and younger sister, told the police, "My mother's personality is similar to mine, so I didn't fit her well, and I didn't like her mother's habit, so I wanted to kill her." did.

At the same time, Ms. A told the police, "I actually practiced to see if I could kill my mother and my brother. To see if I could kill myself myself, I wielded a weapon at two women (on my way home)."

Before harming her family, it was a pre-rehearsal for a mother and daughter who had no face-to-face.

The prosecution, who received a case from the police today for her attempted murder, is investigating the exact motive for the crime against Miss A.

The education office of both residential districts will reveal their position on the case through a press conference today.


Controversy over the disclosure of the real name of minors for heinous crimes

In Japan, in November of last year, a man in his 20s wielded a weapon on a subway train, injuring 10 people.

At that time, this man dressed as the villain 'Joker' of the movie Batman said, "It was because I wanted to be executed," like Miss A, as to the reason for the crime after being caught by the police.

Hattori's face, real name and age were all revealed to the media.



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However, the suspect in this case, Miss A, is 15 years old and falls under the juvenile law, so her real name cannot be reported and her face cannot be exposed.

In the case of minors, real-name reporting and exposure to the media are restricted in the meaning of rehabilitation.

However, in Japan, voices for reform of the law on violent crimes against minors have been continuously increasing.

Although the number of heinous crimes such as murder is on the decline, 400 to 500 cases are occurring every year.



In the end, the revised Juvenile Act came into effect in April, allowing 18- and 19-year-olds to report under their real names if they are suspected of limited crimes such as murder.

A 19-year-old man was indicted for the first time in Yamanashi Prefecture on charges of murdering and setting fire to a couple in Yamanashi Prefecture after the law was amended.

The law has changed, but social consent remains controversial.