Police in Otaru, Hokkaido, have arrested a woman in her 40s for fatally assaulting her 9-year-old stepdaughter by allegedly punching her in the stomach and kicking her.
According to police, the woman is accused of punching and kicking the girl sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning, Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported.
On Friday afternoon, the woman and her husband took the child, who was unconscious and not breathing, to a hospital where she was declared dead. The hospital contacted police.
The woman has admitted to the allegation, police said, adding that an autopsy will be conducted to determine the child’s cause of death.
© Japan Today
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Yohan
If this is really true what I read here....fatally assaulting a 9-year-old child. This is a terrible crime, hopefully the woman who did this is sent to jail for many years.
wallace
Disgusting. The girl needed her love and nurture.
blue in green
Beating a child to death.
Let that sink in.
Single parents, choose your next partner very carefully- your precious children’s lives may depend upon it.