Police in Sapporo, Hokkaido, have arrested a 15-year-old junior high school boy on suspicion of killing his 40-year-old mother at their home on Monday.
According to police, the boy called 110 at around 10:20 a.m. Monday and said he had killed his mother, Sankei Shimbun reported.
Police rushed to the apartment in Shiroishi Ward and found the boy’s mother unconscious and not breathing. She was taken to hospital where she was confirmed dead.
Police said the boy told them he choked his mother to death, but has so far given no motive.
The two lived alone, police said.
© Japan Today
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Alongfortheride
Did YOU read the article? Where is it say why he did it? There are a hundred reasons behind this story but some people want to be Sherlock Holmes and decide what happened without knowing any facts.
OssanAmerica
Arrests "on suspicion" are permitted under Japan's Code of Criminal Procedure, which outlines how authorities may arrest, detain, and interrogate individuals if there is "sufficient suspicion."
Alongfortheride
Lets wait for actual details before making judgment on this one.
Zaphod
smithinjapan
...in a country of 120 million, yes. What do you expect?
kaimycahl
Sad! Beyond belief this boy choke the life out of the person who gave him life! Where’s the love?
wowyz
Ricky Kaminski13
Don’t know the statistics but the family in family killings, especially children killing their parents or grandparents surely is higher than the norm here. I think Smithinjapan was stating the obvious that this is just the latest case of a heavy rotation crime. When family communications break down to the point of disaster.
falseflagsteve
Oh no, not again
Ive said it before and I’ll say it again, we need better social services in this country to deal with such matters.
Hercolobus
OMG
Mocheake
Did you read the part where it said the boy called 110 and said he killed his mother? What details could make him innocent?
purple_depressed_bacon
Why "on suspicion"? The kid literally called the police and confessed to choking his mother to death. Seems like a pretty open and shut case to me.
Lola
Plenty. Maybe she was an abuser? Maybe was struggling with drug abuse and was physically aggressive toward him. Most likely, and sadly, he had a reason...
MocheakeToday 07:02 pm JST
*Did you read the part where it said the boy called 110 and said he killed his mother? What details could make him innocent?*
smithinjapan
Every... single... day...