Halloween "Joker" attacker gets 23 years for Tokyo train stabbing, fire

A man who attacked passengers on a crowded Tokyo train on Halloween night in 2021 while dressed as the Joker was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Monday for stabbing one of them and lighting a fire.The Tachikawa branch of the Tokyo District Court found that Kyota Hattori, 26, stabbed an elderly man with a knife in his chest and also attempted to kill 10 other passengers by splashing lighter fluid around and igniting it on a Keio Line train around 8 p.m. on Oct. 31, 2021.Prosecutors, who demanded 25 years in prison, tried to prove the attempted murder of 12 passengers by arson.But the cour…READ FULL ARTICLE