TOKYO (TR) – Two days after final week’s stabbing dying of a girl at an house constructing in Kobe City, legislation enforcement arrested a 35-year-old man within the far western a part of the capital, reviews the Sankei Shimbun (Aug. 24).
At round 7:20 p.m. on August 20, Masashi Tanimoto is alleged to have fatally stabbed Megumi Katayama, 24, a number of instances within the chest and different areas of her physique with a knife at her house constructing in Chuo Ward.
Two days later, police apprehended Tanimoto within the city of Okutama, Tokyo, positioned about 400 kilometers from the crime scene.
According to police, Tanimoto, an organization worker dwelling in Shinjuku Ward, acknowledged, “I’m sure I stabbed her once or twice in the abdomen area with a knife.” However, he partially denied prices of homicide. “I don’t know if I had any intent to kill her,” he mentioned.
According to investigators, Tanimoto has not made any assertion to the impact that he knew Katayama.
Multiple stab wounds
After the incident on August 20, a resident of the constructing in Kobe referred to as police to report {that a} man was holding a girl in a bear hug within the elevator.
Emergency personnel arriving on the scene discovered workplace employee Katayama collapsed exterior the elevator on the sixth ground.
Katayama, who lives on the identical ground, had a number of stab wounds to her higher physique. She was later confirmed useless at a hospital, police mentioned.
The suspect took three days off from work on August 17. Police additionally know that he was staying at a resort close to the crime scene.
Less than an hour after the incident, Tanimoto boarded a Shinkansen prepare sure for Tokyo from JR Shin-Kobe Station. He was then seen on safety digicam footage arriving at JR Okutama Station within the city of Okutama on the morning of August 22.
According to police, a person believed to be Tanimoto adopted Katayama as she was returning house. Police at the moment are investigating the connection between the suspect and the sufferer.