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Suspect says he did not take tranquilizers before attack.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 18-JUN-01
Format: Online - approximately 413 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
OSAKA, June 12 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH TURNABOUT IN MAN'S DEPOSITIONS)

A 37-year-old man arrested for allegedly stabbing eight children to death Friday at an elementary school in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, has changed his account and said he did not take tranquilizers before storming the school, investigative sources said Tuesday.

Mamoru Takuma had told investigators immediately after his arrest following the...

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