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Police in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture, have arrested a 48-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed his 35-year-old brother in the chest for playing his video games too loudly.
According to police, Daisuke Kikukawa, stabbed his brother in the left chest with a kitchen knife at around 11:30 p.m. last Saturday, Fuji TV reported. The brothers reside in the same house.
The victim was taken to hospital where doctors said his wound was not life-threatening.
Police said Kikukawa has partially denied the charge and quoted him as saying he did not intend to kill his brother. He told police he became infuriated by his brother’s loud voice while playing video games.
© Japan Today
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Aly Rustom
My 3 year old and 6 year old are more mature than these 2
obladi
Are you even surprised? Every possible combination of family member murder under the most trivial of circumstances appears here daily.
Suriv Anihc
Just another day in Japan. A family member stabbing another family member...
Mark
Smash Brothers fans?
JJ Jetplane
Tell me the 4 and 3 in 48 and 35 are mistyped numbers. Tell me that this article really says 8 and 5.
sir_bentley28
I think its safe to say he's a little more than a "smash" brothers fan!
Bart Fargo
After reading the article what happened doesn't seem at all as strange as I thought it did after reading the headline.
Though if he is unemployed it's not like he has anywhere he has to be the next morning.
Sven Asai
A certainly less known face of domestic violence. Maybe it should better be named under-one-roof-violence.
JC Goh
Sony Play Station too violent!
Get a Nintendo Switch!
Addfwyn
@mitoguitarman
Nothing wrong with playing video games as an adult, it's like any other hobby.
Investing yourself in any hobby you stab someone over it is a different story.
kyushubill
Asher in the movie Half Brothers:
Brothers fight man, that is how they love each other.
shogun36
I wonder what game it was.
If it were fortnight, minecraft, any one of those endless FPS or some nonsense like that, I'm not saying he should've done it..........but I understand.
sir_bentley28
My mother always said "That ninnintendo and video games will kill you, you know!" I guess this is what she means!
kaimycahl
Mortal Kombat!!!
mitoguitarman
Peter Pan syndrome—still playing video games. Grow up!
AramaTaihenNoYouDidnt
Blame this in part to COVID-19, thank you.