Osaka school massacre, School massacre in Japan.
The Osaka school massacre took place on June 8, 2001, in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
A knifeman killed eight children and injured fifteen others at an elementary school after a failed attempt to commit suicide by setting his car on fire.
The incident shocked Japanese society and led to changes in Japan's laws regarding mental health issues and violence.
The tragic event is commemorated by a landscaped memorial park at the school which includes sculptures of the victims.
It remains one of the deadliest mass murders in Japan's post-war history.
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