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A 69-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his 43-year-old son with a hammer at their home in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture.
According to police, the suspect, Junzo Kikuhara, a building contractor, turned himself in police at around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Sankei Shimbun reported.
Police said Kikuhara told them he killed his son Ryoichi sometime between late Saturday night and early Sunday morning at the residence he shared with his son and another tenant. The victim was fatally beaten about the head several times by a hammer.
According to neighbors, Kikuhara reportedly had been having trouble with Ryoichi for a long time.
© Japan Today
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ThePBot
Is it me or does Japan have an unusually high rate of domestic violence?
Monozuki
Given that the suspect turned himself in police immediately, he must have prepared fully. RIP to the son.
elephant200
At the age of 69, this elderly man could kill someone with a hammer, he is macho! His son must be a very naughty one.
Michael Jackson
Where is the love?
Myhumbletake
Bloody 2018 so far. What’s going on with all these vicious murders?
Wrembreck
Yikes this is extreme!!
Ricky Kaminski
hammerhead. Am numb to this stuff now.
Aly Rustom
What the hell??
macv
sad that we see more of this daily RIP
Disillusioned
Another day another family murder. Ho hum.