Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Police Japan report the perpetrator stabbing in a Tokyo train carriage on Sunday (31/10) night confessed that he liked the character Joker who plays the villain in comics and movies Batman.
According to the police, the perpetrator of the stabbing was a 24-year-old man and his name was Kyota Hattori. He was arrested at the scene shortly after the incident occurred.
In his confession to the police, Hattori admitted that he really wanted to kill people and was sentenced to death. He claimed to have wanted to be sentenced to death since last June.
Hattori wore a costume similar to a joker figure when launching his attack on the Keio-Shinjuku line express train at around 20:00 local time.
The incident did not result in any casualties but left 17 passengers on the train, including a man in his 70s who is now said to be in serious condition.
According to Hattori’s confession to police, he was “disappointed at not being able to follow through on plans to commit murder.”
During interrogation, Hattori didn’t even offer a word of apology.
Hattori also revealed his motive for the stabbing because he was having work and friendship problems.
Reported Japan Times, Hattori’s confession described the attack on Halloween night as having been carefully planned and thought out by him. He admitted to targeting “overcrowded trains with multiple stops” where “people cannot escape.”
In addition to the stabbing, Hattori also attempted to set the train on fire after pouring liquid on several corners of the carriage.
In a CCTV video circulating on social media, a bespectacled man wearing a purple suit and a bright green shirt, as worn by the Joker, sits in an empty train smoking a cigarette.
The man looked calm smoking a cigarette while crossing his legs before launching his action.
The death penalty is legal in Japan and is applied to punish serious crimes such as brutal murder and certain other crimes such as treason against the state.
Japan is one of only two G-7 countries, apart from the United States, that maintains the death penalty.
Executions in Japan are carried out by hanging. Usually, death row convicts in Japan are not notified about when they will be executed until the D day their sentence will be carried out.
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