#320Listening: Fill in the BlanksAcademic,CoreMedium

Killing Rampage

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A 25-year-old man who told the police he was tired of life went on a killing rampage in a popular shopping street in central Tokyo on Sunday, plowing his truck into a crowd of [blank] before [blank] passers-by with a survival knife. Seven people died and 11 were injured. The attack took place shortly after noon on a street that had been closed to vehicles for the day in Akihabara, the main [blank] in Tokyo and a magnet for fans of Japanese anime and manga comics.

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A 25-year-old man who told the police he was tired of life went on a killing rampage in a popular shopping street in central Tokyo on Sunday, plowing his truck into a crowd of pedestrians before stabbing passers-by with a survival knife. Seven people died and 11 were injured. The attack took place shortly after noon on a street that had been closed to vehicles for the day in Akihabara, the main district for electronics in Tokyo and a magnet for fans of Japanese anime and manga comics.
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