OSAKA (TR) – A 37-year-old male workplace employee from Nara Prefecture admits to “stabbing a male acquaintance” earlier than setting the sufferer’s automobile on fireplace on a freeway, police mentioned, stories the Asahi Shimbun (Nov. 15).
Between 4:35 a.m. and 4:40 a.m. on November 3, Tatsuya Hamada allegedly triggered a site visitors accident and set fireplace to the parked automotive on the eastbound Nishi-Meihan Expressway in Kashiwara City.
On November 15, Osaka Prefectural Police despatched Hamada, who lives in Yamatotakada City, Nara, to prosecutors on suspicion of arson of property aside from a constructing.
Hamada mentioned, “I burned the whole car down. I poured gasoline inside the car and set it on fire.”
Cause of demise unknown
Just earlier than the incident, Hamada was driving the automobile. Security digicam footage captured it at a toll sales space about one kilometer from the scene of the incident.
The automotive then crashed right into a guardrail and burst into flames. A person’s physique was discovered within the again seat. An post-mortem revealed that the person was in his 50s or 60s. However, the reason for demise is unknown, police mentioned.
Investigators beforehand revealed that in voluntary questioning Hamada mentioned issues to the impact of “I stabbed a male acquaintance to death with a knife” and “I threw away the knife.”
The Osaka Prefectural Police are investigating the connection between the 2 males and the way Hamada got here to be driving the automotive.
Police are working to verify the identification of the physique. It is believed that Hamada and the deceased man skilled some sort of battle. Police are persevering with the investigation with a watch on making use of homicide costs.
A relative of Hamada mentioned in an interview, “We don’t know the details of what happened. However, [the charges for which he has been arrested] are unforgivable, and we have no words to apologize for.”