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Sakamoto family murder

Crime
On November 5, 1989, Tsutsumi Sakamoto, a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, a doomsday cult in Japan, was murdered, along with his wife Satoko and his child Tatsuhiko, by perpetrators who broke into his apartment. Wikipedia
Location: Isogo Ward
Start date: 1989
Deaths: 3
Victims: Tsutsumi Sakamoto, 33; Satoko Sakamoto, 29; Tatsuhiko Sakamoto, 14 months