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016 The Sataro Fukiage Incident, the atrocious crimes of Sataro Fukiage, who raped 27 people and murdered 6 of them in the Kanto region of Japan in 1922
The Mitsubishi Bank Hostage Incident occurred on January 26, 1979, at the Kitabatake Branch in Osaka, Japan. Akiyoshi Umekawa, armed with a shotgun, stormed the bank intending to rob it. He shot dead two employees and two police officers, marking Japan's first hostage crisis with fatalities. Umekawa took over 40 hostages, forcing female hostages to strip and form a human shield around him while terrorizing others with random gunfire. His actions were influenced by the film *Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom*, as he sought to recreate its themes of domination and cruelty.
Police surrounded the bank and attempted negotiations, but Umekawa refused to cooperate. Over the 42-hour standoff, multiple hostages were injured by ricocheting bullets. One hostage was forced to cut off another's ear to prove his death after being shot, though the victim survived. The standoff ended when Osaka Prefectural Police stormed the building and fatally shot Umekawa on January 28, 1979.
This incident highlighted gaps in Japan’s crisis response and remains one of its most infamous cases. It also marked one of only three instances in Japanese history where police fatally shot a suspect during a hostage situation.
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By Osamu YamamotoThe Mitsubishi Bank Hostage Incident occurred on January 26, 1979, at the Kitabatake Branch in Osaka, Japan. Akiyoshi Umekawa, armed with a shotgun, stormed the bank intending to rob it. He shot dead two employees and two police officers, marking Japan's first hostage crisis with fatalities. Umekawa took over 40 hostages, forcing female hostages to strip and form a human shield around him while terrorizing others with random gunfire. His actions were influenced by the film *Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom*, as he sought to recreate its themes of domination and cruelty.
Police surrounded the bank and attempted negotiations, but Umekawa refused to cooperate. Over the 42-hour standoff, multiple hostages were injured by ricocheting bullets. One hostage was forced to cut off another's ear to prove his death after being shot, though the victim survived. The standoff ended when Osaka Prefectural Police stormed the building and fatally shot Umekawa on January 28, 1979.
This incident highlighted gaps in Japan’s crisis response and remains one of its most infamous cases. It also marked one of only three instances in Japanese history where police fatally shot a suspect during a hostage situation.
https://bit.ly/4j0noKa
CC BY-SA 4.0