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Saitama prosecutors have indicted a 25-year-old man on a charge of killing his 33-year-old former girlfriend at her apartment in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, last month.
According to the indictment, Taiki Furukawa, a vocational school student from Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, is accused of killing Misaki Iwabuchi, a part-time worker, at her apartment at around 6:30 p.m. on Jan 27, Sankei Shimbun reported. Iwabuchi was found by her mother who had come to visit her.
After stabbing Iwabuchi, Furukawa walked to a nearby koban (police box) and said he had stabbed someone.
Iwabuchi was stabbed multiple times in the stomach and also had strangulation marks on her neck. She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police said Furukawa told them that he and Iwabuchi met on a social network site and that he got angry after she broke up with him. He told police he got into her apartment via the balcony.
© Japan Today
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Sven Asai
That is quite a wild killer beast with very high criminal energy. Hopefully he doesn’t come out of the cage again one day.
Harry_Gatto
"That is quite a wild killer beast with very high criminal energy. "
Yep, a real wild killer beast. A killer certainly, not sure about the rest of your description though.
Khaos
Things like that guy, don't deserve to be called human.
Lindsay
This is a frightening scenario that repeats itself over and over. It should be no surprise that 30% of women in their thirties choose to stay single. Every Japanese woman I met in her thirties had horror stories of violence and stalking by ex-boyfriends.
snowymountainhell
Another senseless murder by a male who couldn't deal with and control himself over a relationship which had ended.
For those young men ‘romanticizing the chase’ and envisioning a possible reconciliation, …
… once a woman says it’s over, it’s over. - Deal with it and move on.
snowymountainhell
Thanks to the editor for the additional follow up to the first story. This indictment appears to come exactly 23 days from the date of the arrest, subsequent to the accused’s initial, voluntary confession.
snowymountainhell
Agreed *@Lindsay 5:49pm: “**It should be no surprise that 30% of women in their thirties choose to stay single. Every Japanese woman I met in her thirties had horror stories of violence and stalking by ex-boyfriends.*”
Given the frequency of such stories here, anyone would think there are many such murders in Japan. There are disparities in Japan regarding ‘what’s reported’ and ‘what’s perceived’ regarding interpersonal violence.
Actual citizens answering surveys fear it’s greater than officially reported. According to a 2019 survey:
Actual Police Reported Crimes: Sharp objects & knives 23%, firearms 6%, other physical violence: 53%,
Japanese Respondents Perceptions: Sharp objects & knives 41%, firearms 6%, other physical violence 71%
(The only concurrence is obviously on the rarity of gun crimes in Japan.)
SophiaHernandez
another murder by an ex-partner. This is why its so important that women have the right to keep a firearm at home for self-protection.
Sven Asai
I am rather sure.
That’s far more than a ‘usual or average’ killer would do or put effort into.
Mocheake
Don't know what floor she lived on but just too bad he didn't plunge from the balcony beforehand. The right person would be deceased then.
Gaijinjland
Why would you ruin your life by killing an ex girlfriend? It’s not worth it. Lots of breakups end in heartache and hurt on both sides but that doesn’t justify murder. Plenty of other fish out there!
Harry_Gatto
A wild killer beast with very high criminal energy who then walked into a koban and gave himself up? No self-respecting wild killer beast would do that, only normal killers do that in Japan.
Random
He’ll likely be out before age 40, free to do the same thing to the next woman who dumps him.
Hiro S Nobumasa
Death by hanging should be his prize.