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Police in Osaka on Sunday arrested a 19-year-old youth on suspicion of killing a 69-year-old man at a bar.
According to police, the suspect, who cannot be named because he is a minor, has admitted to the charge and said he beat the man, Noboru Morita, after they got into an argument.
Police said the incident occurred at around 12:45 a.m. in the bar in Nishinari Ward. The woman who manages the bar called police and reported that two customers were fighting.
Morita was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead due to loss of blood. Police said the suspect and Morita apparently did not know each other.
© Japan Today
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sensei258
He killed somebody but we have to protect his privacy?
Belrick
19 years old and a murderer but he's still called a minor. Ridiculous.
Kobe White Bar Owner
Agree with the previous post. The old boy probably presumed his superiority due to being longer in the tooth. Add too much pride and a good bit of booze and anything could happen.
Disillusioned
Why was a minor in a bar at all?
Legrande
The Nishinari area is what one could term a bit rough around the edges...
Strangerland
So much for innocent until proven guilty.
Vince Black
Hopefully the idiot bar owner will have her license revoked for serving a 19 year old liquor.
Bugle Boy of Company B
Could have been self defense. Could have been an accident. Some fights end badly, and not necessarily because someone had murderous intent.
doel jusino
The story does not state what the argument was about but I hope the argument was worth Taking a life and spending a life in prison. So this happened in a BAR between a 19 year old and a 69 year old Safe to say alcohol was the cause of it all. Since this happened in Japan all the 19 year old has to say is - I was drunk I don't remember - and he'll get away with it.
drlucifer
The article is very scanty as usual.
Death due lose of blood, without stating what was used to inflict the wounds. I can only guess the young murderer was carrying a knife.
Strangerland
No it's not. Alcohol may very well not have played any part in it at all.
rainyday
Lets not forget Dude that, um, a 19 year old for um.....ya know, in a bar....within the city...that ain't legal either.
PerformingMonkey
Japanese news reveals that the "boy" was drunk and punched the old man in the face. No weapon was involved.
Strangerland
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Maybe. Or he walked in off the street and attacked someone randomly. Or he came to the bar looking for the old man, and attacked him right as he came in the door. Or any of an infinite number of other reasons why he may have been in the bar and not drinking alcohol.
I never said he wasn't drinking alcohol, I just pointed out that it's not safe to assume alcohol was involved.
He may or may not have drank, and none of us know if he did or not at this point.
Norman Goodman
Got to love you my fellow foreigners. Most of you I often see complaining that 19 is no minor while at the same time complaining that a 19 year old might have been drinking alcohol.
I am more worried about 69 year olds who drink than 19 year olds. But regardless, I am still pro-freedom. There is no reason why any random teenager should not have been raised well enough to handle some alcohol....and if they can't then I doubt they will after 20 either.
WilliB
doel jusino:
Slap on the wrist, not life in prison, since he is not 20 yet. Japanese law is very strict in this regard. A single day difference in your birth certificate makes a world of difference in this country.
kurisupisu
Most people go to a bar to drink!
kurisupisu
Minors in Japan should not drink - the law is firmly against it!
Strangerland
And this kid was probably there to drink. But something being probable, and something being actual, are two different things.
albaleo
Different laws apply in Nishinari - the law of the jungle some would say.
Norman Goodman
Hillclimber, I have no reason to believe that there is an age limit for bar entry and why should there be? When I was a kid I spent some time in bars.
But you know, this whole thread is a testament to how far gone people are. A man is dead and people fret about a 19 year old drinking alcohol.