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From the first episode of Death Note:

> えー 昨日 新宿(しんじゅく)の繁華街で **６人もの人を** 殺傷した通り魔は今なお 幼児と保育士８人を人質に この保育園に立てこもっております

I'm trying to understand what's going on with the bolded portion "６人もの人を",
which I'm assuming means "6 people". I'm assuming the first 人 is the people
counter. So what is the もの and the second 人 doing after it?

Why isn't the phrase just

> ６人を

As it stands now, it sounds like the phrase means

> "(6 people things) people"
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Understanding "６人もの人"
It’s not もの. It’s a combination of two particles, も and の.

> ６人 **も** の人を殺傷した

も here indicates that the speaker considers the said number to be large, as
explained in this [answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/56825/43676).

The following are both correct and neutral (meaning no emphasis) statements,
though some might consider the latter a bit redundant.

> ６人を殺傷した

> ６人の人を殺傷した

The following is also correct, but it would sound a bit too subjective for
something coming from a news reader.

> ６人も殺傷した
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