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Police said Monday that three men were stabbed during an altercation in a restaurant in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Sunday night. One man died and two were left seriously wounded, TV Asahi reported.
A 45-year-old man was arrested at the yakiniku restaurant following the stabbing, which took place in front a several eye-witnesses, police said.
According to TV Asahi, police received an emergency call from a restaurant employee, saying that a customer had taken a knife from the kitchen and had stabbed three other men. Emergency services personnel rushed to the scene to find the men bleeding, near the entrance. Kiyoshi Sato, 19, who was stabbed in the stomach, died later in hospital, TV Asahi reported.
The suspect, who was identified as Takashi Kuramoto, was quoted by police as saying that he stabbed one of the trio but didn't remember stabbing the other two because he was drunk. Police believe that the group had been sitting near their assailant and that an altercation had taken place prior to the attack.
© Japan Today
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papigiulio
woah quite a altercation that mustve been. Thanks JT for keeping my English up to par ffs
FutureJames
-.- Sorry if you're vocabulary isn't up to par, but there's literally no other word as accurate as that one.
Simon Phillips
i didnt find anything wrong with this, it was easy to read and understand :/
Disillusioned
Ha! Yeah, easy to read, for sure, but understanding why it happened is quite difficult. What the heck is wrong with these people? Nearly every day you read about someone snapping and taking to others with a knife. Yesterday it was a carpenter attacking his neighbor with a hatchet. Is everyone so strung out the only reaction they have is to kill someone? Shees!!!
YongYang
'I was really drunk at the time', sentence commuted.
oikawa
I think Giuliano is referring to the fact that an "altercation" is a bit of an understatement when someone ends up dead.
Tamesu San
@DisillusionedOct.
"Ha! Yeah, easy to read, for sure, but understanding why it happened is quite difficult. What the heck is wrong with these people? Nearly every day you read about someone snapping and taking to others with a knife. Yesterday it was a carpenter attacking his neighbor with a hatchet. Is everyone so strung out the only reaction they have is to kill someone? Shees!!!"
I wonder does the "ongoing aftermath" have something related to the increase.
Serrano
"Kuramoto was quoted by police as saying that he stabbed one of the trio but didn't remember stabbing the other two because he was drunk"
This guy is an idiot, he could either say he stabbed the three guys, or he could say he didn't remember stabbing them because he was drunk, but he can't say he stabbed one guy, he couldn't remember stabbing the other two.
Elbuda Mexicano
Violence is bad but this dirty drunk scum bag needs the death penalty ASAP!! RIP young guy at this Korean BBQ restaurant down in yakuza filled Hiroshima.
Fadamor
If he was so drunk that "he couldn't remember", you'd think they would have been able to disarm him with only minor injuries. Of course, they could have been just as drunk as he was.
sfjp330
Elbuda MexicanoOct. 17, 2011 - 09:54PM JST. RIP young guy at this Korean BBQ restaurant down in yakuza filled Hiroshima.
How do you know Onomichi is yakuza filled? Onomichi is not Hiroshima. Riding on a bullet train, Onomichi is located about one hour north of Hiroshima city. It's a coastal town facing the sea. I been there and Onomichi is actually very nice place to visit with beautiful views of suspension bridge that looks similar to mini-golden gate bridge. This incident is a isolated case.
naruhodo1
I almost snapped last night at 2:30 in the am when 2 moto bike gang sat on their bikes and reved their engines for 30 min!!! I am eating my words again. Cops did nothing!! I was contemplating getting in my car and running them over. I imagined it but since im the only gaijin in town, they would have found me. I can understand the whole snapping thing. And most likely the accidental death that comes with rage.
NetNinja
This sounds like a case of misery loves company. A yakiniku restaurant is a happy place. I guess the festivities got a bit loud and homeslice snapped.
You never know when someone is about to go postal in this country. Guard yourself at all times.
Gurukun
Ya think! Nice detective work there, keystones.
KOJINSARU
Wow a stabbing and death in one city in an ENTIRE NATION and it makes headlines for all. This would be minor news in any town here in the states. Good to see Japans low violence rate continues on.
nath
How did he get into the kitchen?
Rose Kina Kina
there is no excuse by saying you dont remember coz you are drunk. you said you stabbed one so maybe you also stabbed the other but missed.and the victim was stabbed fatally causing his death.wow! send him to jail!
MyOwnWoman
What a horrible story. "Oh, I remember killing the first guy but I was drunk so the other two were just collateral damage." I'm with Al Stewart, how did he get in the kitchen?
Guza!
theres certinly alot of stbbings and cutting going on in japan like the 4th article i read today that deals with it jeez lol
palanteboricua
I'm with Al Smith, too. How could he possibly have access to the kitchen in such state without being detected??? The restaurant is culpable for the weapon.