Police in Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 48-year-old friend.
According to police, Toru Takahashi, a civil engineering worker, is accused of stabbing Taku Shinohara, who lived in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture, multiple times in the chest and left leg with a knife at his home at around 3:35 p.m. on Friday, Kyodo News reported.
Takahashi turned himself in at a police station after the incident. Shinohara was taken to hospital and was confirmed dead on arrival.
Police quoted Takahashi as saying he had no intention to kill Shinohara. He told police there had been financial trouble between them.
© Japan Today
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Asiaman7
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be.”
factchecker
Some friend.
WoodyLee
""Police quoted Takahashi as saying he had no intention to kill Shinohara""
I am surprised he didn't state "" I Don't Remember ""
So what was he thinking after stabbing his so called " Friend " multiple times in the chest ??
TokyoLiving
What a friend..
blue in green
Nope. Just bleed him until he felt sufficiently paid back…
Nonsensical.
RIP.
Hercolobus
“You got a friend in me”. Imagine if he was an enemy.
grc
What’s with all the knife crime?
travelbangaijin
People do not commit these kinds of acts over money, over love, over a video game. They commit these acts because one party feels deeply disrespected or believes the other party has made them a fool.
ian
At least he didn't stab him in the back
HopeSpringsEternal
With friends like that, you sure don't need any enemies!
garypen
They teach that accuse in elementary school here, I assume, based on the way it's always used by murderers who intentionally stab people to death here.