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Police in Hiroshima have arrested an unemployed 33-year-old man on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after he stabbed to death a 75-year-old man and seriously wounded a 20 year-old man on a street on Sunday night.
According to police, the stabbings took place at a bus stop in Asakita Ward at around 10:15 p.m. Fuji TV reported that police received a call from a pedestrian, saying that two men had been attacked by a man with a knife.
Police rushed to the scene and found Norio Zayama, 75, bleeding from a stab wound to his stomach. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Nearby was a 20-year-old university student who had been stabbed in the back. Police said he was taken to hospital but his wound is not life-threatening.
The student, who was stabbed first, said he did not know the man who attacked him.
About 90 minutes later, near the south exit of JR Hiroshima Station, which is 14 kilometers from the crime scene, police found the suspect, Go Takahashi. Police said Takahashi had called a friend and said he had stabbed two men and that he was at Hiroshima Station. The friend called 110.
Police said Takahashi has admitted to the charges and quoted him as saying he also wanted to kill himself. The knife was left at the scene.
© Japan Today
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Michael Jackson
Unemployed male wanted to be sent to jail as the weather gets colder?
Thunderbird2
Should have topped himself and left the other two men alone...
Goodlucktoyou
should of got help, but hey...
FizzBit
75 year old.
Probably born in 45. Possibly survived the bomb if he's lived his whole life there. First 10 years of his life must not have been easy. Probably worked all his life, retired, and then to be taken out by some 33 year old loser. So sad. Always Watch your backs people.
At least he had the brians to call a friend, he could have done a lot more damage at Hiroshima station. This area is at the outer edge of the city.
socrateos
I do not understand motives of those who try to kill just anyone.
DAaron
He told police that he wanted to kill himself, why leave the knife behind than or better yet why didn't he do that first.
Ricky Kaminski
This sort of depression is a dark hole of bitterness, self loathing and resentment. Couple that with nothing to do day in and day out and you have a man walking in what's literally a living hell. RIP old fella, you didn't deserve to go out like this. Fizzbit, well put.