Police in Tokyo have arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of murder after he fatally stabbed his 40-year-old brother with pruning shears early Tuesday morning.
According to police, the incident occurred while the two brothers were staying with their father for Golden Week at his home in Ota Ward, Sankei Shimbun reported. Police said Tetsushi Taguchi, a company employee from Yokohama City, is accused of stabbing his brother Terushi in the back and chest with the shears at around 12:40 a.m.
The victim, who is unemployed and lived in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police said Taguchi told them he doesn’t remember attacking his brother whom he hadn't seen in about six months.
The siblings and their father had dinner together. The father went to bed early while the brothers kept drinking. The father was awoken by the sound of a scream and called 110.
© Japan Today
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Toshihiro
In times like these, Japan should enforce a liquor ban to prevent situations such as these from happening. It's an unpopular opinion but hey.
Kobe White Bar Owner
Another day another family murder. Add corona stay home lifestyle to the mix and the count will keep rising.
fuzzylogic
@Kobe White Bar
"Another day another family murder. Add corona stay home lifestyle to the mix and the count will keep rising."
i agree brother, and the hungry rabbit jumps...
Do the hustle
This one is a double whammy! We’ve got another family murder and “I was drunk and don’t remember” in the one incident.
smithinjapan
Do the hustle: "This one is a double whammy! We’ve got another family murder and “I was drunk and don’t remember” in the one incident."
Indeed. If Japan were smart they would add 20 extra years on any sentence, to anyone, who gave that excuse. I'd love to see someone in another country try to explain to the police, say, after a drinking and driving incident, "Sorry, officers. I have no recollection of the accident because I was drunk!" and see what very quickly happens.
Mocheake
Family gatherings seem to be turning a lot more murderous lately
Strangerland
Yeah, how dare they answer the police honestly when asked about the circumstances about the crime. They deserve 20 years for telling the truth to the police about the details of the crime.
The exact same thing that happens in Japan - they get tried and convicted of drunk driving. Or were you thinking that somehow saying one is drunk magically excuses them for any punishment for their crimes?
... It most definitely does not.