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7 Killed In Tokyo Stabbing Rampage
Numbers mark the spots where victims of a knife-wielding assailant fell as Tokyo police officers work at the scene of the attacks, in the city's Akihabara district. The teeming area is known as a mecca for young men interested in electronic gadgetry and comic books.
(By Itsuo Inouye -- Associated Press)
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After Kato had stabbed several people, a traffic policeman approached him in the street and tried to talk to him, according to news accounts. Kato allegedly stabbed the officer several times, screamed and ran off.
The officer was one of 11 people -- nine men and two women -- treated in Tokyo hospitals, according to news accounts.
Chased by police, Kato allegedly ran into a back street and stabbed two more people.
A policeman confronted him there with a nightstick and they fenced with their respective weapons, according to NHK. When the policeman pulled out his pistol and said he would shoot, NHK said, Kato dropped the knife and was tackled by police.
A photograph broadcast on television showed Kato on the ground, his head resting on a concrete sidewalk.
Six hours after the stabbings, the streets of Akihabara were again crowded with young men.
Special correspondent Akiko Yamamoto contributed to this report.
