Tag: elaine-lies
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Knife attacker in Japan kills 19 in their sleep at disabled center
By Elaine Lies and Kwiyeon Ha SAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) – A knife-wielding man broke into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo early on Tuesday and killed 19 patients as they slept, authorities said, Japan's worst mass killing in decades. At least 25 other residents were wounded in the attack at…
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Knife attacker in Japan kills 19 in their sleep at disabled center
By Elaine Lies and Kwiyeon Ha SAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) – A knife-wielding man broke into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo early on Tuesday and killed 19 patients as they slept, authorities said, Japan's worst mass killing in decades. At least 25 other residents were wounded in the attack at…
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Knife attacker in Japan kills 19 in their sleep at disabled center
By Elaine Lies and Kwiyeon Ha SAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) – A knife-wielding man broke into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo early on Tuesday and killed 19 patients as they slept, authorities said, Japan's worst mass killing in decades. At least 25 other residents were wounded in the attack at…
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Shock as peaceful Japanese town wakes to ‘unthinkable’ disabled center horror
By Elaine Lies and Kwiyeon Ha SAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) – Shock and bewilderment gripped neighbors of a disabled center in a town near Tokyo on Tuesday after a man stabbed and killed 19 residents in their sleep and wounded dozens more in Japan’s worst mass killing in decades. “This kind of thing doesn’t happen in…
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Shock as peaceful Japanese town wakes to ‘unthinkable’ disabled center horror
By Elaine Lies and Kwiyeon Ha SAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) – Shock and bewilderment gripped neighbors of a disabled center in a town near Tokyo on Tuesday after a man stabbed and killed 19 residents in their sleep and wounded dozens more in Japan’s worst mass killing in decades. “This kind of thing doesn’t happen in…
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Early menopause may speed up aging in women: study
Women who enter menopause early may age faster than women in whom menopause arrives later, said a study Monday that could help pinpoint women at highest risk of age-related diseases. The findings could settle a long-standing debate, said Steve Horvath, a professor of human genetics and biostatistics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at…
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Early menopause may speed up aging in women: study
Women who enter menopause early may age faster than women in whom menopause arrives later, said a study Monday that could help pinpoint women at highest risk of age-related diseases. The findings could settle a long-standing debate, said Steve Horvath, a professor of human genetics and biostatistics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at…
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Japan knifing suspect had said he was willing to kill disabled-official
The suspect in a fatal stabbing spree in Japan on Tuesday had been hospitalized early this year after expressing a willingness to kill disabled people if the government approved, a city official said. Police in the town of Tsukui near Tokyo contacted the suspect, Satoshi Uematsu, and he was involuntarily committed to hospital on Feb.…