View from the opposite of Takeshita Street, the site of the attack
Location
Takeshita Street, Tokyo, Japan
Date
January 1, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-01-01)
Target
Pedestrians
Attack type
Vehicle-ramming attack, attempted mass murder
Weapon
Daihatsu Move
Deaths
0
Injured
9
Perpetrator
Kazuhiro Kusakabe
Motive
Response to an execution of Aleph's cult members.
Convictions
Attempted murder
Sentence
18 years in prison
The 2019 Tokyo car attack was a vehicle-ramming attack that occurred on January 1, 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. 21-year-old Kazuhiro Kusakabe told authorities he intentionally rammed into pedestrians crowded into narrow Takeshita Street in Harajuku district as a terrorist attack in retaliation for the execution of Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult members. The New Year's Day attack left eight injured. A ninth person was also directly injured by the driver.[1] Kusakabe said he initially planned an arson attack by spreading kerosene with a high-pressure washer at the crowd at the nearby Meiji Shrine but found that vehicles were not permitted there.[2]
Kusakabe was subsequently convicted of attempted murder in connection with the attack. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison.[3]
^"9 injured as man rams car into pedestrians in Harajuku in 'retaliation for execution'". Japan Today. January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
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