Satar Fukiage, a Japanese serial killer and rapist, committed heinous crimes between 1906 and 1924. Born in Kyoto in 1889, his troubled upbringing included early criminal activity and a deviant sexual appetite. At age 17, he committed his first murder by raping and strangling an 11-year-old girl. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he studied philosophy and religion while incarcerated. Released in 1922, Fukiage resumed his crimes, raping at least 93 women and girls and murdering six victims aged 11 to 16 during a spree between 1923 and 1924.
Fukiage was arrested in July 1924 after confessing to multiple murders, though he later recanted parts of his confession. He authored an autobiography titled *Shaba* ("The Street") while awaiting trial, which was banned shortly after publication. Convicted of three murders, he was sentenced to death in May 1925. The Supreme Court upheld the sentence in July 1926, and he was executed by hanging on September 28, 1926.
Fukiage’s case remains infamous for its brutality and the sheer number of victims, highlighting systemic failures in early Japanese law enforcement and societal responses to violent crime.
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By Osamu YamamotoSatar Fukiage, a Japanese serial killer and rapist, committed heinous crimes between 1906 and 1924. Born in Kyoto in 1889, his troubled upbringing included early criminal activity and a deviant sexual appetite. At age 17, he committed his first murder by raping and strangling an 11-year-old girl. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he studied philosophy and religion while incarcerated. Released in 1922, Fukiage resumed his crimes, raping at least 93 women and girls and murdering six victims aged 11 to 16 during a spree between 1923 and 1924.
Fukiage was arrested in July 1924 after confessing to multiple murders, though he later recanted parts of his confession. He authored an autobiography titled *Shaba* ("The Street") while awaiting trial, which was banned shortly after publication. Convicted of three murders, he was sentenced to death in May 1925. The Supreme Court upheld the sentence in July 1926, and he was executed by hanging on September 28, 1926.
Fukiage’s case remains infamous for its brutality and the sheer number of victims, highlighting systemic failures in early Japanese law enforcement and societal responses to violent crime.
https://bit.ly/44bzThi
CC BY-SA 4.0