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Episode 26: Shimonoseki Station Rampage
Wednesday afternoon. The end of the working day. A busy regional rail station in the western city of Shimonoseki, right on the tip of Japan's main island where it meets the sea. Commuters pushing through the east exit. Families with shopping bags. A perfectly ordinary late September afternoon. At 4:25 PM, a rented car comes through the glass entrance doors at full speed. There is no warning. The car doesn't brake. It drives sixty meters through the station concourse, through the crowd, before finally stopping. The driver gets out. He has a kitchen knife. And he isn't finished. By the time…
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