Ōmuta murders

2004 CE.

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The Ōmuta murders (大牟田殺人, Ōmuta Satsujin) were committed by four members of the Kitamura-gumi (北村組), a yakuza gang based in Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan. The Kitamura-gumi was affiliated with the Dojin-kai crime syndicate. The four were sentenced to death for the murder of four people between 18 and 20 September 2004.

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