KOBE –
A 50-year-old member of a company affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate has been arrested in Yamaguchi Prefecture after almost 9 years on the run over the 2017 deadly capturing of a bodyguard for the chief of a rival group in Kobe.
The suspect, Tatsumi Hishikawa, was seen sitting within the again seat of a automotive with out altering his expression after his arrest.
The case dates again to 2017, when a car carrying the top of the rival Ninkyo Yamaguchi-gumi was attacked on a road in Nagata Ward, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.
Hishikawa is suspected of capturing and killing a gang member believed to have been serving as a bodyguard.
Police had been investigating the case as an organized assault and positioned Hishikawa on a nationwide needed listing as a suspected perpetrator who had fled after the capturing.
The case moved ahead on June 23, 2026, almost 9 years after the killing, when Hyogo Prefectural Police arrested Hishikawa in Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, at 6:39 a.m. on suspicion of homicide and violating the firearms and swords management regulation, in line with Noriaki Adachi, head of the prefectural police organized crime division.
Hishikawa was arrested at an residence in Yamaguchi Prefecture, about 300 kilometers from the scene of the capturing.
The residence room had been rented below one other individual’s identify, in line with police.
Police plan to proceed their investigation, believing that others had been additionally concerned within the case.
Source: FNN