Police in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested two men in connection with the arson-murder of an interior design company president in May.
The body of Ryo Nagayoshi, 43, was discovered in the ruins of his building after a fire destroyed it on May 14, Kyodo News reported. Police said two men who worked as subcontractors for the company have been arrested on suspicion of killing Nagayoshi and then setting the building on fire.
Police said the suspects, Wataru Oki, 37, an interior construction worker from Ogawa town in Saitama Prefecture, and Toshiki Onishi, 31, a former interior designer from Koshigaya City, also in Saitama Prefecture, are believed to have beaten Nagayoshi multiple times with a blunt object before starting the fire.
Police said Oki and Onishi were reportedly contracted by Nagayoshi and working together on the day of the incident.
© Japan Today
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Sven Asai
Yes, that’s kind of scary, isn’t it? One would expect that designers , or more generally said, people of art and such, would have a more civilized behavior and filigrane senses for other life an people etc. But such an unlimited brutality? As I said, quite a scary exception, that case here.
Martimurano
This sounds like something involving the Loss of lots of money has caused such a ridiculous hike in seeking a resolution to the problem - they'll pay the ultimate penalty here for sure, absolutely terrible.