A 33-year-old woman died after being beaten by two men at the entrance to her house in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Thursday morning.
The woman is a Chinese national, Kyodo News reported. The two men who attacked her are still at large.
Police said they received a call at around 3 a.m. from a passerby reporting that two men were beating and kicking a woman.
The victim was rushed to hospital where she died about three hours later due to hemorrhagic shock. Police said she had injuries all over her body and face.
The scene of the crime is about 1.8 kilometers from JR Kita-Matsudo Station.
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Fighto!
Catch them. Hang them.
Rest in Peace to the poor young woman.
Spitfire
I cycled past the crime scene this morning.
Tons of police and TV.
It apparently happened in a very quiet cup-de-sac.
RIP to the lady.
nosuke
Matsudo city is a bad dirty city
Lindsay
I stayed just near there on holidays a couple of weeks ago. I’m gonna guess this was not a random attack. There must be a lot more to this murder.
Uchujin
Do you have an understanding of the concept of justice? Japan is a nation that upholds the principles of law and order, not an anarchist state.
Rivera
Where is the CCTV
Yuuju
Its so easy to kill a person these days, you just have to be two grownup men and attack when no ones watching or intervenes. I wonder whom did she make so angry, yakuza or Chinese mafia? She probably thought Japan is a safe country.
rest in peace
nosuke
Japan being safe in your mind is ludicrous. Always install cameras in your front entrance door way and always have weapon to counter attack in self defense.
im always paranoid some Japanese gonna attack so make sure your armed to the teeth like the USA
OssanAmerica
There is nothing in this article to suggest that the perpetratotors were Japanese. This Chinese woman may have crossed a Chinese gang.
Yubaru
Never happen. Japanese courts dont hand out the death penalty when there is only one victim. 10 to 15 is more along the lines of the sentence they will probably get, if caught, and convicted.
Dont be surprised to never hear a follow up story either.
Nibek32
You don’t just get beaten to death for no reason in Japan. This is likely the result of the Chinese government that runs underground police in Japan and other countries against their own citizens. She probably said something negative about China on SNS.
Larry Lacky
Very bad people. Need same treatment but really slow.
Fighto!
I agree. Japanese gangsters never kill foreigners.
Yes. Strong possibility they were working for the Chinese government.
Hoping all air and sea ports bound for China are being scoured rigorously.
MilesTeg
Gangsters and thugs, regardless of race, will kill anyone, Japanese or foreigners, if enough money is owed to them or perceived as a viable threat. There is no noble Japanese gangster that let's foreigners off the hook.
falseflagsteve
These demonic fiends must be located and tried before a court of law before they can commit another atrocity.
wallace
There have been cases of a single murderer getting the death penalty.
Red suns
Geofencing coordinates (“Stingray”-like towers) captured from smartphones (over the air) should tell the tale.
Luis Alicea
I never this was going to happen. They dont let it go.
travelbangaijin
"You don’t just get beaten to death for no reason in Japan."
People get beaten to death everyday in Japan over domestic tribble or drunken bout or being elderly - spare us the virtual signaling
Mr Kipling
Fighto...
No, this is just your anti China conspiracy nonsense at work.
The attackers were probably Chinese but nothing to do with the government.
kaimycahl
Brutal murder to send a message to whom ever crossed these guys or organization. Definitely anger and no one heard anything or perhaps saw anything.
*She died about three hours later due to hemorrhagic shock. Police said she had *injuries all over her body and face.
Gene Hennigh
Wait a minute. Wait a minute. We don't know who beat this woman or why. There are plenty of reasons why these guys might have beaten her. Maybe they thought or knew she had a lot of cash on her. Maybe there was something sexual that exasperated the situation. Maybe she was a witness to some other crime they committed. Till we know, these dire causes guessed here might be wrong. Because she was Chinese doesn't mean the incident was spying, gang related, or that she was a plant of the Chinese. Any of these might have something to do with it, but there are plenty of other possible causes. Hold your horses till we know more.
Sven Asai
It's forbidden here to own, carry or use effective defense weapons or methods, that has become the deadly problem for that poor lady from China. Normally one would mow those brutal attackers down, with a real sword or machine gun etc. There's in most cases an adequate method to handle such killers, if it's one, two, a small gang or 30 incoming killers. But it's not allowed for potential victims to try to survive. Only the bad side has all options and survives happily, if caught and after verdict in a prison and if they are released even happier. Whatever you come up with, democracy, liberal country, fair jurisdiction etc, but don't you think that this absolute bias in favor for the bad is kind of a bit wrong and crazy?
Zaphod
Sven Asai
What is a "defensive method" and how do you own and carry one? I genuinely curious.
In the event I think it is a good guess that the attackers were also Chinese, and a money dispute was involved.
Moira
Poor lady. What a terrible way to die. Rest in peace.
Asnoxeum
Damn. Matsudo is my 'hood. They do call it 'Mad City'.
Jind
Possible targeted attack.
Maybe missed on the payments on the Chinese or Japanese gangs on her 'jacks'.
King Of Pringles
Horrible and sad news for residents of Matsudo, the neighbourhood is particularily safe for women & children and friendly with low random crimes. Waiting for news of updates as to what may have transpired beforehand to cause this unbelievable incident
masterblaster
This violent, cold-blooded, cowardly act probably isn't random. They had a reason for this. She knew or saw something she shouldn't have.
R.I.P.
OssanAmerica
Those are "reasons".