Police in Kashiba, Nara Prefecture, have arrested a 40-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of attempted murder after he hit his father on the head with a hammer.
According to police, Takahisa Fukunishi assaulted his father at around 7:20 a.m. on Sunday at their home, Sankei Shimbun reported. Fukunishi called 119 after the incident. The victim was taken to hospital where he remained unconscious and in a critical condition on Monday, police said.
Police said Fukunishi has admitted to the charge. He told police he and his father got into a heated argument over noise he (the father) was making doing gardening work. He was quoted as saying, “The blood rushed to my head, and I couldn’t control my anger.”
© Japan Today
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SandyBeachHeaven
This must be the week of the hammer. Copy cats all over the place.
snowymountainhell
At least, he was honest in his admissions and didn’t resort to claiming alcohol, memory loss, etc. Agreed@Sandy. No mention of “mom” or, the IF’s would be here pouncing on every statement. - Violence against other people is wrong.
Sven Asai
I really recommend high-quality over-ear headphones with noise canceling instead of a murder attempt with a hammer. Should have asked me beforehand, that crazy psycho.
WilliB
Wtf?? How about this unemployed moocher does some gardening work himself?
rgcivilian1
What a son, instead of being outside spending time with his father gardening and learning a thing or two about life vs being an unemployed bum that couldn't wear headsets and instead attacks his own father in his own residence. Hope the father makes it out ok.
Ricky Sanchez
How is gardening loud? Was the father happy and singing a old folk song, and the son was jelous of his fathers happiness? I am not worried about a stranger trying to kill me, I am worried that my father in law will try...family killings are rampit here.
snowymountainhell
Agreed @RickySanchez. ‘Inter-family’ violence here ‘appears to be’ on the increase. Most likely, because of environmental and economic stresses, violence in all cultures appears to be rampant.
pudus
can't touch this...
Chibakun
Like father like son.
DNALeri
There's often more to these stories than what we get. Mental health issues, etc.
wowyz
"The blood rushed to my head, and I couldn’t control my anger.”
at least he knew what he could not control , like other peoples minds
fuzzylogic
@wowyz
I agree..
girl_in_tokyo
Is it always necessary for media to publish the names of people before they have been found guilty? These are all very thin justifications for revealing the name of someone who hasn’t been adjudicated guilty yet.
It certainly looks like he did it, but is this really enough to be sure? We just don’t have all the details.
And, yes, have met some uniform police officers with ‘questionable’ motives on the streets.
A presumption of innocence does not mean that the allegations are assumed to be wrong. It simply means that the accused cannot be punished prior to conviction.
snowymountainhell
This is a relevant question @Alongfortheride from ‘Your’ post Mar. 1 7:09a JST: “Is it always necessary for media to publish the names of people before they have been found guilty?”
Yes, @P. Smith Mar. 1 08:28 am JST “These are all very thin justifications for revealing the name of someone who hasn’t been adjudicated guilty yet.”, in response to @Mark Mar. 1 8:10a JST regarding the public’s ‘freedom of information’
Debatable? @WilliB from ‘Your’ Mar. 1 12:34p JST post that really looks out of context here: “It certainly looks like he did it, but is this really enough to be sure?”
Seems out of context here @smh ‘Your’ Mar. 1 11:18p JST post: “And, yes, have met some uniform police officers with ‘questionable’ motives on the streets;....”
Agreed, in the context that You authored it @ReynardFox from‘Your’ 2:51 am JST post: “A presumption of innocence does not mean that the allegations are assumed to be wrong. It simply means that the accused cannot be punished prior to conviction.“
DOEL HARRY
I have not seen many Lawn Mowers in Japan and I doubt a lawn Mower was used so Now how much noise can a person make while gardening ???? Not much of any at all. Sounds like a BULL Crap excuse to me ....