Man Kills 4 With Hoe
 

Hoe-wielding maniac hacks 4 elderly people

HIMEJI, Hyogo -- A hoe-wielding man went on a rampage Wednesday in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, hacking away at four elderly people before he was arrested, police said.

Mainichi Shimbun
Investigators gather at one of the locations where a hoe-wielding man attacked elderly people.

Three of the victims were seriously wounded while the fourth victim, a man, escaped the ordeal with minor injuries. The 47-year-old assailant, who has a history of mental illness, was extremely agitated when police captured him shortly after 10 a.m. in the city.

"Are they (victims) dead? I want the death penalty!" he was reportedly screaming at officers.

Police said the man walked up to 75-year-old Nobuko Takada, who was working in a field, and viciously swung a hoe into her head at about 9:20 a.m. Wednesday. She suffered serious cuts to the head and face. A 72-year-old man who was working alongside her was also wounded in the attack.

Within half an hour, the jobless man from Kakogawa repeated the act on 82-year-old Misako Fujiwara, who was waiting for a bus, and then 69-year-old Emiko Kanazawa, who was also working on a separate field. One of them suffered a fractured skull.

Police organized a massive manhunt and soon arrested the man riding a bicycle with a hoe in his hand. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, June 4, 2003)

Re: Man Kills 4 With Hoe
 

haha, just imgaing seeing a guy riding a bikcyle with a blood dripping hoe in his hand as if nothing had happened.

dmn that man, he is pretty sick

and wtf is that about 72 year old people working????
we are long retired when we are that age

aaah well, would be a cool picture, that dude on the bike