A 43-year-old man arrested over the stabbing of a boy at a McDonald's restaurant in southwestern Japan last month was newly charged on Thursday with the murder of a 15-year-old girl who was also a victim of the attack, police said.
Masanori Hirabaru was served a fresh arrest warrant for allegedly fatally stabbing Saaya Nakashima on Dec 14 at the fast-food restaurant in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture while she was waiting to be served along with the 15-year-old boy, they said.
Hirabaru, who lived near the restaurant, was first arrested on Dec 19 on suspicion of attempted murder of the boy, who went to the same school as the girl. The boy sustained severe injuries and was temporarily hospitalized.
Hirabaru denied allegations of murdering Nakashima but admitted to stabbing the boy, claiming he had no intention to kill, according to Fukuoka prefectural police.
Despite it being unlikely that Hirabaru and the two students knew each other, the police said he targeted the pair for a specific reason, and the attacks were not random, adding that the victims are "not at fault."
The police confiscated several dozen knives after searching Hirabaru's house and a vehicle and detected the blood of two people on one of them, which analysis showed was not inconsistent with those of Nakashima and the boy, they said.
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DanteKH
Well, I do not advert of the Capital Punishment by any means, however, for those kind of scum, the gallows seem to be the only option....
Newgirlintown
Motive?
NOMINATION
Won't lose any sleep if he is executed. Those that are downvoting your opinion act like they care about this but won't even notice when he is gone.
Random
Admits to stabbing the boy but not the girl…good luck with that at trial.
Fighto!
Rest in Peace to the poor, completely innocent young girl. She had achieved far more for the world already in her short 15 years than the loser psychopath who callously killed her.
I hope he is hung - the taxpayer should not have to financially support, feed, shelter and clothe the animal for the next 30-40 years.
dobre vam zajebava
hang him high...
earlier better
TokyoLiving
Gallows for that scumbag..
Brian Wheway
There doesn't seem to be much sympathy for this guy on the news board today, I think his time in jail won't be a easy one,
Crooks and criminals don't like any children killers or sex offenders in UK jails, I am sure it will be the same for Japanese jails
wallace
Japanese prisons are very different from UK ones and run on a rigorous regime. No cases of prisoners attacking other ones.
The cost of a convict on death row exceeds that of life imprisonment.