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Police in Toyama City have arrested a 22-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 25-year-old unemployed brother by beating him with a hammer.
According to police, Haruki Takahata beat his brother Joji about the head with the hammer just before 1 p.m. on Friday at their home. Sankei Shimbun reported that the siblings’ mother ran next-door for help. Her neighbor called 119 to report that the woman’s two sons were arguing and fighting.
Police and firefighters rushed to the residence where they found Joji collapsed and bleeding from head injuries. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police said Haruki has remained silent since his arrest.
© Japan Today
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tooheysnew
many of these crimes seem to have a common denominator - unemployed
TheRat
Free time is dangerous, free time kills! Put that slogan in the subways, just to remind the masses!
shogun36
and will be for years to come in jail. Good job, brutha!
Do the hustle
Haruki and Joji? Or, is it Cane and Abel?
Paul
Maybe that's what he wanted. To be looked after, no need to worry about food or housing or medical care.
quercetum
Is Haruki Joji’s keeper?
B.l. Sharma
Persons , entertaining killing instinct in their in their mind , need thorough counselling in the very early stage of childhood , to prevent them from indulging into killing spree later in life
gokai_wo_maneku
OK I'll say it: death penalty, and we know what the method of death should be.
jalan5
"A 22-year-old unemployed man killed his 25-year-old unemployed brother by beating him with a hammer on the head".
the mother ran next-door for help. Her neighbor called 119 to report that the woman’s two sons were arguing and fighting"
wow...
garypen
Because almost every household has one?
Tom Young
Can't Touch This
bearandrodent
If not a hammer, a saw? Baseball bat? Name your household item.
Speed
My Japanese relative used to tell me it's better to create those seemingly unnecessary jobs like those guys around road construction, where there are like 7 of them when only two are necessary, or the old men parking lot traffic controllers at pachinko parlors and supermarkets since it keeps more people employed.
At first I was skeptical but I'm now convinced he was right. A higher number employed leads to more stability.
Mocheake
Arguing over which one was the biggest freeloader?