Japan stabbing attack leaves 19 dead in home for disabled

Satoshi Uematsu hands himself in to police, saying 'I want to get rid of the disabled from this world'

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Police officers guard the main gate to the Tsukui Yamayuri En care centre
(Image credit: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

At least 19 people were killed and dozens wounded in a knife attack at a care home for disabled people in Japan in the early hours of this morning.

The attacker has been identified as 26-year-old Satoshi Uematsu, a former employee of the Tsukui Yamayuri En centrein Sagamihara, west of Tokyo. He walked into a nearby police station after the attack, still carrying his blood-stained knives, and admitted to the killings.

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