Sunday 8th of June 2008 (x) — Mass murderer Tomohiro Katō drives a five-ton rented Isuzu Elf truck into a crowd at the crossing of Kanda Myōjin-dōri and Chūō-dōri streets killing three people, then climbs out of the truck and stabbs at least twelve people with a dagger A few days after the attack police arrested several people who stated their intention to commit copycat killings elsewhere in Japan.