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Police in Tokyo have arrested an 82-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her bedridden 84-year-old sister.
According to police, Kinue Tamasa has admitted to killing her sister Toshie at their apartment in Kita Ward at around 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sankei Shimbun reported. She was quoted by police as saying she was worn out from looking after her ailing sister and that they were struggling financially on their two pensions.
Police said Tamasa pressed wet tissues over her sister’s nose and mouth, as she slept. After Toshie lost consciousness, Kinue called 110. The victim was taken to hospital in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
© Japan Today
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Mark
Sad, this is a case were family bond and LOVE can sometimes be overwhelming, at her age with little energy, NO Help, and not enough $, someone would understand her situation, i hope the court would too.
sir_bentley28
Read the title and immediately knew the reason. This is always the case when the old or unskilled are taking care of a diasbled person for too long based on what I read on this site!
Goodlucktoyou
At least not stabbed and left for hours in agony. The fact she called emergency services shows she has remorse. At her age, a mental institution would be enough if found guilty.
Mocheake
I feel sad for both of them and would not wish anyone to ever be in either position.
GW
Its so sad & pathetic that so so many Japanese end up & some literally are ENDED like this, its going to be even more common than it is now & it IS COMMON, these cases are going to skyrocket over the coming decades........I DONT wanna grow old here!!!
kaimycahl
Please let the remaining sister live her last years out in peace, putting her in jail or labeling her a murderer would not solve the problem. This was nothing but sisterly love, and the stronger healthier one surviving. It happens in nature all the time. I have humming birds that nest in my court yard and I watch them grow as the next is too small for the two of them the stronger bird would push the weaker bird out. Sometimes they survive sometimes they don't, what I did was put a soft landing pad so now they can survive. She was quoted by police as saying she was worn out from looking after her ailing sister and that they were struggling financially on their two pensions. In other words this was nothing but an infant sister trying to care for a baby with no help. We come into this world on our backs we learn to crawl then walk and return to the life cycle crawling only to end up on our backs again.