Police Hamamatsucho, Shizuoka Prefecture, have arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed a woman in her 30s and a man in his 60s, at her apartment on Saturday night.
Police said the suspect, Hirokazu Otahara, a temp worker, is the woman's former boyfriend, Kyodo News reported.
Police received a call from the woman at around 10:30 p.m., in which she said her former boyfriend had wounded her with a knife and also stabbed the man with her. Police rushed to the scene and found the victims, bleeding from knife wounds, in the 4th-floor apartment. They were taken to hospital, police said, adding their wounds were not life-threatening.
Police said the woman, who lives alone in the apartment, told them there had been some financial trouble between Otahara and herself. She said he was waiting for her and the man when they arrived at her apartment and ambushed them.
Otahara was arrested at his residence in Fukuroi in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday.
Police said the woman and Otahara broke up in January but after he kept trying to see her, the woman consulted police and they issued him a verbal warning to stay away from her.
Editor: Story has been updated to report arrest of suspect.
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Moonraker
Looks like more to this than meets the eye. Who was that man? Who was that woman? Who was that curious man in his 60s?
3RENSHO
A 41 year-old suspect has been arrested. He was the woman's former boyfriend.
Random
Once again the value of the verbal warning.
garypen
Moderator: Is it Otahara or Otakara?
Ah yes. The usual verbal warning from Japanese police, which seems to work as well as "thoughts and prayers" does in the US at preventing recurrent instances of violent crimes.
Moderator: Otahara is correct. Sorry for the typo.
Genki/Flash
Just guessing, he probably ran out of money.
Yohan
This man is crazy, totally out of his mind. What can you gain with such a dangerous action?
To walk around hatefully with a knife in your hand will not solve your problem.
If a woman does not want you anymore, for what reason ever, the only way to go is to remain calm, walk away and never return and look for somebody else.
virusrex
There should be a better way for the police to act in this kind of situations, in this case the verbal warning obviously did not protect the victim of the stabbing, so maybe it is time to consider some changes so stronger measures can be taken.
Tvilla
Who writes these stories? They are so misleading.