Mourners grasping Buddhist prayer beads filed silently into wakes Saturday for several of the eight children killed in Japan's worst mass killing in years, as the nation struggled with questions about how to keep its schools safe. The man walked unimpeded into the school and went from classroom to classroom slashing at his victims with a knife until being subdued by two teachers 15 minutes later. Thirteen children and two teachers were wounded, and eight of the victims remained in serious condition Saturday. The attack was Japan's worst mass killing since a deadly nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subways six years ago, and the latest in a series of fatal slashings in a country that has strict gun laws and has prided itself on a low crime rate. Friday's attack was especially shocking because Japanese schools pride themselves on their openness to the community.
Few schools post daytime guards.
But after the tragedy, the principal of Ikeda Elementary School wondered whether tighter security would be enough to reassure parents who had seen the blood-spattered classrooms. Even having a guard at the main gate wouldn't be nearly enough for them. Returning to the Legendary Champions Golf Club.