The Sagamihara Massacre: 19 Killed in Japan’s Deadliest Care Home Stabbing
In the early hours of July 26, 2016, former care home employee Satoshi Uematsu carried out a horrifying knife attack at Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a residential facility for people with disabilities in Sagamihara, Japan. Nineteen innocent residents were brutally murdered and 26 others injured in one of the worst mass killings in modern Japanese history.
Host Alexander Lawson explores Uematsu’s disturbing motive rooted in extreme ableism, the chilling warning signs that were missed, the methodical rampage, his immediate surrender, and the lasting impact on victims’ families and disability rights in…
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