article_snippet: Five pensioners have been killed in Five pensioners homes in a stabbing spree in rural Japan allegedly by a neighbour who had tweeted about stalking and telepathy before the killings.
article_snippet: Massacre in rural Japan:
article_snippet: Detectives comb the scene in Sumoto city on the Japanese island of Awajishima where five pensioners were stabbed to death by a neighbour who has reportedly confessed to the killings .
article_snippet: the attacks happened in Sumoto, a small city on an island in western Japan, said deputy police chief Keizo Okumoto.
article_snippet: Map showing Awajishima in Japan where police arrested a man suspected of stabbing five people to death .
article_snippet: Violent crime is relatively rare in Japan and even more so in most small towns.
article_snippet: Sumoto, a city of 44,000 people on Awaji island, is known for Sumoto, a city of 44,000 people on Awaji island oranges, onions and Awaji beef.
article_snippet: Japanese television stations showed the victims' homes surrounded by agricultural fields. '