Sacked man kills 19 in stabbing frenzy

A JAPANESE man who went on a stabbing rampage at a facility for the mentally disabled, killing 19 people and injuring 25 others, is believed to have been fuelled by hatred.

Satoshi Uematsu, 26, had been sacked from the unit and reportedly sent a letter to Parliament outlining his bloody plan.

The 40-minute attack in the early hours of Tuesday was the deadliest mass killing in Japan in decades.

Twenty of the wounded were seriously injured.

Uematsu drove up in a black car, carrying several knives to the Tsukui Yamayuri-en facility in Sagamihara, 30 miles west of Tokyo.

He broke in and then set about slashing the patients’ throats.