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Police in Miyazaki City on Monday arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of murder after he allegedly stabbed another man after an argument on Sunday night.
According to police, Yoshiharu Hisatsune, a construction worker, has admitted to stabbing Otohiko Saito, 47. Fuji TV reported that a passerby saw Saito lying on the street near JR Sadowara Station at around 11:25 p.m. Sunday and called 110. Saito was taken to hospital where he died from multiple stab wounds at around 12:30 a.m. Monday.
Police said that prior to the incident, Saito had been drinking with friends at a nearby pub. His friends told police they heard Saito having an argument with someone on his phone before they parted. Police said Hisatsune left a blood-stained knife and personal belongings at the scene.
© Japan Today
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Monozuki
While most of suspects deny the charge, the suspect this time around owns up to the charge rather obediently. Rest the victim's soul rest in piece.
RINFO
zichman this is the crime section fool.
JerseyDevil
Zichi, could you help an old altar boy out since you like to save jn face so much...
Sven Asai
Another ‘new normal’, as you only could stop those killings by stopping all construction works. lol
Graham DeShazo
Yaks gonna yak.
Btang
a lot of them contructs, are yak soldiers or yak related. they kill each other a lot in Shinjuku, fukuoaka, Taito ku, Nagoya, Shizuoaka, Hiratsuka, and Kobe, Osaka, Yokohama, and Gunma, google japan construct workers murdered...
Mickelicious
There's a lot of violent deaths between construction workers here, including a friend's father years ago. How does that compare with other countries?