Japanese man sentenced to death for killing 19 disabled

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Satoshi Uematsu 30 of Japan has been sentenced to death for the killing of 19 disabled people,9 men ans 10 women ages 18 to 70 were killed and 26 were injured after a stabbing spree at a disabled care home.

He broke into Tsukui Yamayuri facility in Sagamihara,a city west of Tokyo,where he used to work and tied up staff and went floor to floor killing residents of care facility.

Several months before the stabbing Uematsu wrote threatening letters wishing the disabled were euthenized and was later commited to an institution,after his release authorities failed to notify the care center.

The 2016 attack sent shockwaves through normaly safe from crime Japan

The prosecutors told the Yokohama District Court on Monday that Satoshi Uematsu, a former worker at the Tsukui Yamayuri-en home, was fit to be held criminally responsible at the time of the attack.  He is also charged with injuring 26 others in the stabbing rampage at the facility in July 2016.  The prosecutors said a psychiatrist's opinion that the defendant's use of marijuana had little or no effect on the attacks is highly reliable.  They said Uematsu's belief that it is better to kill disabled people who are incapable of communicating runs counter to social values and there is no room for leniency.  The prosecutors also said Uematsu killed defenseless victims one after another in the incomparably cruel attacks.

Source #1: This NHK World News article

During the trial, Uematsu admitted he targeted the victims because he thought he could kill them easily.  He said people with severe disabilities have no means of communication.

Source #2: This other NHK World News article

Justice is slow in Japan I quess. I remember posting about that attack. Better late than never.

This , the Sagamihara stabbings , reminds me of this , Aktion T4 .

The perpetrator seems like he's very full of himself with his stupid grin.

I recall this story being uploaded on WP in around 2016....never did understand whether he had a desire to kill or a desire to rid Japan of disabled? I thought it was the latter