Police in Chitose, Hokkaido, have arrested a 59-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed his 17-year-old daughter in the back with a sword.
According to police, the incident occurred just before 2 a.m. Thursday at the family’s home, Sankei Shimbun reported. Police said Kazuhito Obara, a taxi driver, stabbed his daughter Shoko at the front door as she was trying to leave the house.
Obara then called 110 and said he had stabbed his daughter after having an argument with her. The girl was taken to hospital and is in a stable condition, police said.
Obara, who lives with his oldest daughter and Shoko, was quoted by police as saying he lost his temper but had no intent to kill his daughter. He said he just threatened her but things got out of hand.
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smithinjapan
I thought stabbing her in the back would be beneficial to blood and organ growth, officer! Honest! No intention to kill at all.
Thunderbird2
"I didn't want to kill her, m'lud... I just wanted to run her through with a sword!"
What sort of argument would lead to a father taking up the sword and attacking his own daughter? Honestly, can you imagine the carnage if Japan ever allowed its citizens to arm themselves?
Dango bong
"had no intent to kill his daughter" just maim her a little
obladi
I've lost my temper a few times too, but I have never felt the need to stab someone, especially not a family member.
Also, I wonder why JT publishes her name. As a minor isn't she entitled to some privacy?
TigersTokyoDome
Good point obladi. Why is JT printing the name of a 17 year old victim of crime?
Do the hustle
I’m sorry but, my only comment is, WTF!!!
Ken Holcomb
Thunderbird2
Yeah, can you imagine? Wait. No imagination necessary. Just look directly to the east. An entire huge nation armed to the teeth.
pudus
whoa!
Preoccupied and dedicated
to the suspicion of the attempted action
as she was trying to leave the house.
He got so hung up on putting the sword in her back "unintentionally"
The old ghoul with the zero skull transplant
nandakandamanda
After reading several news sites I am little the wiser. Mostly they say it was a blade 'like a traditional Japanese sword'. One site said the blade went into her left lung, so she is seriously injured. Another said she is lightly injured. One source quoted interviews with the neighbors, and instead of the usual platitudes, he was described as 無愛想、 怖い i.e. an unfriendly and scary character.
OssanAmerica
What makes you think that this criminal and abberant behavior by one individual is characteristic of all Japan? Every Japanese household has knives in the kitchen so they are all armed.
shogun36
What?
Did he think he was in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, and everyone would have a good laugh at the slice to her back?
Welcome to reality buddy!
jalan5
"the incident occurred just before 2 a.m., as the "17-year-old daughter" was trying to leave the house"
going out kinds late...
Aly Rustom
I'll second that.
stormcrow
One man is kicking a pregnant woman, another man is molesting a young girl on the train and now this man is stabbing his own daughter with a sword.
Pretty frickin' weird.
Michael Grant
Uh, she was probably trying to get out of the house because her father was ...oh, I don't know... CHASING HER WITH A SWORD!