現場で献花「悲しみ残る」　秋葉原無差別殺傷から１２年―東京

　東京・秋葉原の歩行者天国で１７人が無差別に殺傷された事件は８日、発生から１２年を迎えた。現場の交差点には、通勤途中の会社員らが訪れ、献花するなどして犠牲者を悼んだ。
　東京都足立区の自営業男性（３２）は「何年たっても忘れられず、悲しみだけが残る。やるせない気持ちをどうすればいいのか」と涙ながらに話した。犠牲者の１人とは秋葉原で出会い、アニメの趣味で意気投合したといい、「思いやりのある人だった」と振り返った。
　トラックにはねられ死亡した川口隆裕さん＝当時（１９）＝の中学時代の部活の先輩だった、江東区の会社員高崎雅人さん（３２）は「毎年この日が近づくと事件について考える。被害者の悲しみを忘れてはいけない」と語った。
　事件は２００８年６月に発生。加藤智大死刑囚（３７）がＪＲ秋葉原駅近くの歩行者天国の交差点にトラックで突入。通行人をはねた後、車を降りてナイフで無差別に刺すなどして７人を殺害、１０人に重軽傷を負わせた。（2020/06/08-12:20）

Flowers were laid near an intersection in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Monday to remember the victims of a vehicle and knifing rampage that left seven people dead and 10 others injured 12 years ago.
   "I cannot forget (the incident) no matter how many years pass and only sadness remains," said a 32-year-old self-employed man from Tokyo's Adachi Ward. He met one of the victims in Akihabara and they got along as both liked anime, he said.
   "I don't know what to do with my painful feelings," the man said in tears. The victim was an "empathic person," he said.
   The rampage took place in an area opened for pedestrians at an intersection near East Japan Railway Co.'s Akihabara Station on June 8, 2008. Tomohiro Kato, now 37, rammed a truck into the pedestrian area hitting some passersby before stabbing others with a knife. The perpetrator is now on death row.
   Masato Takasaki knew Takahiro Kawaguchi, who was 19 when he was killed by the truck, from junior high school. They used to belong to the same school club.