Police in Tokyo have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of killing a woman in her 20s on the premises of the high-rise apartment building where she lived, on Wednesday.
Police said Manabu Wakui, from Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, allegedly stabbed the woman in the stomach and neck multiple times in the courtyard of the building in Nishi-Shinjuku at around 3 a.m., Kyodo News reported. A neighbor called 110 after hearing a woman scream several times and a man yell "I'm not a stalker."
Wakui was still there when police arrived. He had with him a blood-stained knife. The woman was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Police said Wakui, of unknown occupation, and the woman were acquainted.
Wakui’s father told reporters that his son had been having trouble with a woman and that he might have been stalking her. He said his son sold his car and motorcycle to make money.
Police said Wakui has admitted to killing the woman and quoted him as saying he stabbed her because he wanted to leave scars all over her body.
© Japan Today
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Fighto!
Absolute animal who needs to be tried and hung. One can only imagine the terror and pain the innocent young woman felt in her last moments at the hands of this psycho.
Rest in Peace to the poor woman.
Mr Kipling
It would seem that he was mistaken.
Haaa Nemui
Ok ok point made. Freaking psychopath isn’t any better though.
Thunderbird2
What a piece of scum he is... "I wanted to leave scars all over her body"... just execute the creep!
garypen
He has that backwards. A woman had been having trouble with his son.
himawari23
This makes me livid.
Other news sources are reporting that he started stalking her in 2021 at her workplace and followed her home. She complained to the police multiple times and finally after only receiving warnings up until then, a restraining order was placed in April 2022. He violated it a month later and was arrested but was eventually released.
The last time the police checked in on her was July 2023 and since she hadn’t seen him around, they decided to stop checking in. I really wish they had been keeping tabs on the psychopath instead… rest in peace poor girl.
uaintseeme
Why, in every article involving a "hospital", you say "taken to hospital"? Taken to "a hospital" would read a little better, just my two cents.
MiuraAnjin
TokyoLiving
Human garbage..
To the gallows!!!...
Tamarama
The Japanese police are lax on stalking, or they need stronger laws they can leverage to lock these guys up for a couple of years minimum to ensure the safety of the women. You simply hear of this happening waaaaay too often in Japan.
Gene Hennigh
Japan is about as good with stalking as the US or anyone else. There should be much stronger laws everywhere concerning stalking. It is one of the most odious of crimes and isn't dealt with stealthily enough.
GillislowTier
We’re gonna find out the police have been warned about this guy several times arnt we…
garypen
It's not every article, only the ones written by Brits or some UK Commonwealth members, as that's the way they say/write it in those places.
They make up for the lack of an article before "hospital" by adding extra letters in other words, such as "colour" and "aluminium". So, it balances out. It's even Stephen.
GillislowTier
However, he persisted, and five days later, police arrested him on suspicion of violating the anti-stalking law.
Wakui was never indicted after 20 days in detention. Instead, police issued a restraining order against him upon his release.
No problems occurred between Wakui and Hirasawa, so police allowed the restraining order to expire a year later without extension.
therougou
The woman was no angel and this was not an ordinary stalker case. She made the guy sell all of his stuff and even go into debt. After extracting all of his money and then some, she dumped him.
himawari23
She didn't make him do anything. He is an adult man who chose to patronize a kyabakura and blow all his money on the victim and other women there. She doesn't deserve hate for her job nor did she deserve to be stabbed to death.
Zaphod
Haaa Nemui
Well, not excuse him, but from the reporting of the incident it seems he was indeed not a stalker. Looks like she cheated him out of all his savings and then dumped him, and when he wanted his money back, she accused him of stalking.