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Takuma allegedly used mental illness plea to dodge charge.

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

Article Excerpt
OSAKA, June 13 Kyodo

Mamoru Takuma, the man arrested on suspicion of murdering eight schoolchildren last Friday, asked prosecutors earlier not to indict him in a separate assault case, claiming he was possibly mentally ill, investigation sources said Wednesday.

Takuma, 37, allegedly beat and kicked a college student Feb....

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