At least 19 people have been killed and another 26 injured some of them seriously at a residential care centre for the disabled in Japan. The attack happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the town of Sagamihara 40 km south west of Tokyo. 26 year old charged in one of the most brutal…
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Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, president of Respectability, a Jewish American advocacy group for people with disabilities, issued this statement:
“This is a horrific attack on innocent human beings,” President Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi said. “People with disabilities around the world face significant prejudices, low expectations and outrages. But the intentional homicidal attack which slaughtered innocent people is an outrage and a tragedy. Our hearts go out to the victims and to all who loved them. We hope for a full and fast recovery for all who were also injured. The fact is, however, that all over the world people with disabilities are disproportionally victims of crime. This must stop.”