Police in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Monday arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed a woman in her 30s who lives with him.
According to the police, the man is suspected of stabbing the woman in the abdomen with a kitchen knife at around 5 a.m., broadcaster NTV reported. The victim sought help from the man's relatives who live nearby and was taken to the hospital, but her life is not in danger, police said.
Police are investigating the motive for the crime and the circumstances leading up to the stabbing.
© Japan Today
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Jind
I was drunk.
uaintseeme
What were they doing up at 5am?
wallace
I am often up 5-6 am.
Daninthepan
Lucky woman.
Guy I knew from childhood with was murdered when another guy who he was living with went into his room and had a psychotic episode with a baseball bat. Totally unprovoked, the victim was a really laidback, cool guy.