Police in Nagoya have arrested a 57-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her 82-year-old mother by hitting her on the head several times with a dumbbell.
Police said Michiko Sasaki is accused of hitting her mother, Kumiko, on the head with a dumbbell weighing about 2 kilograms at their apartment at around 8 p.m. on Sept 5, broadcaster NTV reported.
The incident came to light on Saturday morning when Sasaki went to a police station at 8:20 a.m. and said, "I hit my mother, who lives with me, on the head with a dumbbell."
Police found Kumiko leaning against her bed with severe head injuries. She was confirmed dead at the scene.
Police said Sasaki has so far given no motive for killing her mother.
© Japan Today
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starpunk
Dumbbell. Now who's the dumbbell. Hopefully this dumbbell will go to prison soon.
Alan Bogglesworth
Why is this type of thing so common in Japan ? Too much burden on kids?
Alongfortheride
100% thats the case yes. There is little to no government support for people in this situation and the stress involved makes people snap. It seems to be the government in Japan is more interested in spending money on new weapons than looking after their own elderly who paid the taxes for 40 plus years they are spending to buy such weapons.
Cephus
"Woman arrested for killing 82-year-old mother with dumbbell."
What's going on people? Lately, either women are being killed by their family members or they are killing their elderly mothers in numbers.
falseflagsteve
Oh no not again! All the time these awfully upsetting cases. Something needs to be done and I ruddy mean it too.
Garthgoyle
Alan
These things are common among any nation with humans living in it. But maybe since the crime rate is not that big in Japan, cases like this tend to surprise people.
limespider
We never know what other people are going through. However, if you were there and thus DO know why this happened please feel free to comment. If not, don't.
quercetum
Right on the money. That’s why they need a leader who will decide the US Japan Security Agreement alone is sufficient enough a deterrent for Asia despite an assertive China and create a budget to alleviate the burden of elderly care for the next generation.
kaimycahl
Posters here can post and ask what is wrong with these people all I can say is perhaps you have not has the stress of taking care of a parent who may have dementia. In some cases its not just one parent but both. Lets try not to blame blame on the person but ask why there is not enough services for people to get help. Try walking in their shoes that is a task that can be mentally and physically draining. YOU basically have to give up your like. My mom use to say "once and adult, but twice a child". I know I experienced it but luckily I had a support system with other siblings if it was not for the help I don't know what I could have done.
Martimurano
No matter how hard the circumstances were surrounding the care of this very unfortunate person, the very last thing anyone should do is to attack another human-being in such a barbaric manner knowing that it would cause her death, let alone the fact that person was her 82-YEAR-OLD mother......
Nothing whatsoever excuses this shocking action, and now she can look forward to many years of incarceration to reflect on her extremely bad choice.
grund
If I can say that I have learned one thing from this site it is that Japanese families seem very dangerous. Pretty much every day someone kills a familiy member it seems.
quercetum
Is this simply the stress and snap of taking care of one's elderly parent? There are lots of struggling adult children who do not smash their mother's skull in matricide.
Norman Bates suffers from a mental disorder known as dissociative identity disorder (DID) or multiple personality disorder (MPD). Any psychological babble that's applicable here?
justsomeguy8008
Man that is some deep seated resentment to kill your own mother in that way.