IDG News reports that the man who had killed seven people and injured ten with a knife in Tokyo's famous Akihabara district had planned his deed on an online Japanese forum.
Though the messages were posted on a forum, they sound like Twitter: the killers chronicles the minutiae of the day as if were just another day at the office. Some of the messages, in chronological order, courtesy of IDG News:
"I'm going to Akihabara to kill people. If my car is destroyed I'll use a knife. Goodbye everyone."
"I'm tired."
"It's time, I'm leaving."
"I've entered Kanagawa [prefecture, en-route to Tokyo], I'm taking a rest."
"I've reached Akihabara. Today it's a pedestrian area, I think."
"It's time."