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Police in Osaka said Sunday they have arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 71-year-old neighbor at their apartment complex.
According to police, the suspect, Shigeki Yashima, is accused of stabbing to death Yoshio Kenmotsu sometime between 6 p.m. April 27 and noon April 29 in his third-floor apartment in Taisho Ward, Fuji TV reported.
A friend of Kenmotsu found the body, which had at least 10 stab wounds in the neck and face, at around 1 p.m. Saturday.
Police said bloodstains at the crime scene and in the corridor outside Kenmotsu's apartment, linked Yashima, who lives in the apartment next to Kenmotsu’s, to the crime. Yashima also had an injury on his left hand, which police suspect may have been inflicted by Kenmotsu during a struggle.
Police said Yashima returned home at around 11 p.m. Saturday and he submitted to voluntary questioning. Police said that he initially admitted to killing Kenmotsu with a knife after an argument over Yashima feeding his dog. But on Sunday, he changed his statement and said he did not kill Kenmotsu.
Kenmotsu and Yashima were the only occupants on the third floor and were former employees of the same company.
© Japan Today
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TheGodfather
It seems that many Japanese men have a short fuse...
Strangerland
^I fixed that for you.
smithinjapan
Strangerland: "^I fixed that for you."
No, you did not. I suppose if you TRULY intended to fix it, you would have changed 'men' to people. But you just took one person's generalization and added your own.
sir_bentley28
wow.......the simplicity of the reason for the crime is un-comprehensible. A simple thank you would've fixed this whole problem.
"Hey man, I fed your dog for you while you were out! I love dogs!"
"I'm going to kill you for that!"