27 July,2016 07:11 AM IST | | Agencies
The 26-year-old man later turned himself in at a police station, admitting to officers that he committed the crime and reportedly also saying, 'the disabled should all disappear'
Rescue workers at the Tsukui Yamayuri En care centre in Japan
Sagamihara: A knife-wielding former employee killed 19 people and injured 25 at a care centre for the mentally disabled in Japan yesterday, in the country's worst mass killing in decades.
Rescue workers at the Tsukui Yamayuri En care centre in Japan. Pic/AFP
The 26-year-old man later turned himself in at a police station, admitting to officers: "I did it". He reportedly also said: "The disabled should all disappear".
Authorities identified the attacker as Satoshi Uematsu, who had been fired and held a grudge against Tsukui Yamayuri En care centre. The attack began at 2.10 am when Uematsu allegedly broke a first-floor window to get into the building, after which he tied up caregivers before starting to stab residents.
"The patients are very shocked mentally, and they cannot speak now," a doctor said.
