Shimonoseki Station massacre
| Shimonoseki Station massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | 33°56′56″N 130°55′19″E / 33.949°N 130.922°E Shimonoseki Station, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Date | September 29, 1999 4:25 pm (JST) |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass stabbing, vehicle-ramming attack |
| Weapons | 8th generation Mazda Familia hatchback (rental car), kitchen knife |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 10 |
| Perpetrator | Yasuaki Uwabe |
| Motive | Hatred towards society |
The Shimonoseki Station massacre (Japanese: 下関通り魔殺人事件, romanized: Shimonoseki tōrima satsujin jiken) was a mass murder that occurred in Shimonoseki, Japan on 29 September 1999. Yasuaki Uwabe, a 35-year-old former architect, drove a car into Shimonoseki Station and then stabbed passers-by at random, killing five people and injuring 10 others, before being arrested at the scene. Uwabe was sentenced to death in 2002 and executed in 2012.