Facility staffs express concern over security following Kanagawa stabbing

Lone intruder at a care facility for disabled people kills 19,


Following a mass murder by a lone intruder at a care facility for disabled people in Japan, employees at similar facilities expressed concerns about their security, according to an article on the Japan Times website.

The attacker was reportedly a former employee at the facility, so he would be aware of its layout and security procedures.

"I did not expect something like this to happen,” the director of a care facility in Tokyo said. “We don’t have a special security guard, and our staff at night is usually shorthanded. They were usually busy handling a heavy workload at night.”

“If he broke into the building by breaking a window, I believe it was impossible to stop the incident.” 

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July 29, 2016


Topic Area: Security


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