Mamoru Takuma
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| Born |
Mamoru Takuma (宅間 守?) November 23, 1963 Hyōgo Prefecture |
| Died | September 14, 2004 (aged 40) Osaka Prefecture |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Occupation | Janitor |
| Criminal penalty | Sentenced to death |
| Killings | |
| Date | June 8, 2001 10:15 a.m. |
| Location(s) | Ikeda, Osaka, Japan |
| Target(s) | Ikeda Elementary School |
| Killed | 8 |
| Injured | 15 |
| Weapons | Kitchen knife |
Mamoru Takuma (宅間 守 Takuma Mamoru?, November 23, 1963 – September 14, 2004) was a Japanese janitor who committed mass murder of 8 people and wounded 15 others in the 2001 Osaka school massacre. He had been convicted and imprisoned for rape before the massacre.
Mamoru Takuma was born in Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. From an early age, he exhibited symptoms of the Macdonald triad by fatally setting fire to cats. During Takuma's second year of high school, he reportedly attacked a teacher and ran away from home for several months. Takuma dropped out and got into a physical confrontation with his father, who tried to seek psychiatric help for him as a result. After the hospital refused, his father disowned him. Takuma entered the Japan Air Self Defense Force but was discharged due to having sexual intercourse with a minor. In 1984, Takuma and his mother left his family house and purchased an apartment, leaving his oldest brother and father by themselves. They lived together for a year and a half, until his father came back for his wife.
In November 1984, Takuma was arrested for raping a woman and sentenced to three years in prison. Takuma was also arrested for driving his car in reverse on the Hanshin Expressway and was released after he was found mentally unfit. He was arrested at least eleven times and had married four times before the massacre. After his release from prison, he moved to Ikeda and found work as a bus and garbage truck driver. Coworkers described him as a quiet and unremarkable man, but a bit of a loner who did not like dealing with customers.
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