One man dead, two others wounded after stabbing attack in Yokohama

Police said a 53-year-old Thai national, who works at the Thai restaurant, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police said he has denied the allegation and quoted him as saying he was in the restaurant when the trouble started.

Rather unprofessional of the police to be quoting what this man has said. Police forces should be gathering information to be sent to the Public Prosecutor, not the general public

Rather unprofessional of the police to be quoting what this man has said. Police forces should be gathering information to be sent to the Public Prosecutor, not the general public

Just arrest a person, make them confess for the crime that they didn't commit while release their info to the public. That's their method in Japan.

Police said a 53-year-old Thai national, who works at the Thai restaurant, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police said he has denied the allegation and quoted him as saying he was in the restaurant when the trouble started.

They just need to arrest someone innocent rather than no one being arrested. That fight broke outside restaurant, while Friday night is one busy night in drinking and restaurant business, so his claim can make sense.

Two Thai men arguing with a group of Japanese men. Three men later found injured by police and no clue of their nationality. One dies.

A Thai man is arrested but we have no information on why he was.

Who even brought the knife? Was somebody stabbed with his own knife? Its quite possible.

In fact, simple odds indicate that it was more likely one of the Japanese in the group who brought the knife. But of course, without a mountain more details, who can say anything truly worth saying?

Keepyer

Wouldn’t it be highly likely that theres many knives in a restaurant?

It’s almost a certainty, interesting analysis though.

@Keepyer Internetpoints We all read that there was Two Thai men fighting with a group of Japanese men. One person died and three were injured as a result, but no one knows their nationality but we all know there was a fight between two Thai men and a group of Japanese men. This is hilarious *Two Thai men arguing with a group of Japanese men. Three men later found injured by police and no clue of their nationality. One dies. *

*A Thai man is arrested but we have no information on why he was. *LOL wow poorly written article perhaps he was arrested for knocking over the bicycles.

The restaurant has knives so if the guy was Thai and he worked at the restaurant I would assume the knife was brought to the fight from a person who worked in the restaurant. I disagree with you saying that "*In fact, simple odds indicate that it was more likely one of the Japanese in the group who brought the knife**". Your logic seems warped people usually bring a weapon at hand to a fight I doubt the average Japanese man is walking around with a knife. My logic tells me the guy who is silent is the killer and he brought the knife to the fight out of the restaurant. Yes, we need more details, but I am willing to bet the knife came from the restaurant. *

Just arrest a person, make them confess for the crime that they didn't commit while release their info to the public. That's their method in Japan.

Correct. The police and prosecutor use the general public as the jury.

If arrested in Japan it is essential to remain silent until a lawyer is present.

*LOL wow poorly written article perhaps he was arrested for knocking over the bicycles.

He was arrested for attempted murder. It says so clearly in the article. But we are not being told any detail that would explain that charge, unless they seriously just said "We heard two Thai guys were arguing with the injured men, YOU are a Thai male, so its off to jail with you."

My logic tells me the guy who is silent is the killer and he brought the knife to the fight out of the restaurant.

Of course it does.

You misunderstand me. When I said "simple odds" I meant odds devoid of even the basic point of information of the nearby restaurant. If there are two Thai men and say 8 Japanese men and only them in an area, and three of them are stabbed, and no other information available, then odds are it was a Japanese man or men who did it. Simple odds.

Did the knife come from the restaurant? Another set of simple odds say yes. Another set of simple odds again say a Japanese man got the knife if so. However yes, application of more logic it does seem the more complexe odds are that someone from inside the restaurant got a knife and carried it out in the heat of the moment.

BUT....my point is....all considered....including simple odds....I do not see anything here that warrants an arrest on suspicion of murder. All I see is grounds to bring the man in for questioning, but an arrest if he resists in which case the charge would be obstruction.

Here's a Thai outlet's take on the story. Make of it what you will:

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/thai-man-arrested-in-yokohama-after-lethal-stabbing-incident-2

@Hawk

Thank you. I will just issue a reminder that just because a Japanese might claim to be a yakuza does not mean they are. Its even less credible when someone just claims another person is for whatever reason. I think loads of common wannabe punks are confused for actual yakuza all the time, especially by non-natives.

Keepyer,

Yes. Kind of where I was going by posting the link, along with the note of caution.

I wasn't there, so can't really comment. Hopefully the police conduct a fair and effective investigation and the right outcomes are achieved.

Arguing over bikes parked out the front of a restaurant hardly seems like the kind of thing people should die for...

But it usually takes 2 to Tango...

@Alan you are absolutely right. It’s unprofessional to publicise a suspect statement and also release his name and nationality before he was convicted. That is very wrong in every way.

Arguing over bikes parked out the front of a restaurant hardly seems like the kind of thing people should die for...

Apparently the Japanese guys were kicking bikes over and telling Thai people they should leave Japan. And I doubt they were speaking in a cute anime voice as they did all this. No, they were threatening people. And then some violence started and then, apparently, the Japanese guys started beating on a Thai guy. And then, it seems, another Thai guy got a knife and people got stabbed.

Just had lunch at a nearby restaurant. Important details are missing from this story. The Japanese were a "group" offering "protection". Apparently it was them that actually needed it after they started disturbing the business.

From the video shown on TV, the Japanese group looked like the agressor.

From the video shown on TV, the Japanese group looked like the agressor.

This is not uncommon in Japan. Provoke a fight, then claim to be a victim. It sounds like s classic Japanese scam. Unfortunately, Japan's abysmal legal system cannot cope with this scenario where foreigners are involved.

It was 5 loud mouthed Japanese loud mouth yak-types on 2 Thai employees and the Japanese were clearly the aggressors. They started pummeling the one restaurant employee while stupidly not noticing the other one had a knife.

The guys claiming to be yaks wanted a piece and they got a piece. The law won’t see it that way but I think it served them right.

Arguing over bikes parked out the front of a restaurant hardly seems like the kind of thing people should die for...

Another possibility is that these were the local thugs sent to stir up trouble to get the Thais to pay some protection money.

Clearly they didn’t need protection.

They do need a great lawyer though…