Tragedy on Guam
Yesterday, we woke up to horrific headlines. A half mile from us on "Hotel Road", a local man stabbed multiple tourists, jumped into a car and drove along the sidewalk hitting six more people before stopping at another hotel and stabbing random tourists for a total of fourteen victims. Of those victims, two have died, four adults and two children remain hospitalized. This is devastating to the families of the victims, all Japanese tourists and frightening to the family members in Japan who sent frantic messages inquiring about who was affected by this tragedy.
Guam authorities are reeling from this event. Their last homicide was in 1996. The Governor of Guam, Eddie Calvo sent a message to Japan to reassure the Japanese people that Guam is still a safe place and that this was an isolated incident. Japanese tourists account for 71% of Guam's annual visitors.More information can be found at this link at the Pacific Daily News.
It is a sad day for Guam and Japan. There was a candlelight vigil held last night at the location of the incident.
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