SHIZUOKA (TR) – Both victims in a stabbing at a bar in Hamamatsu City early Sunday have been confirmed lifeless, police mentioned, experiences Fuji News Network (July 7).
At round 1:00 a.m., Ichiro Yamashita, 41, allegedly used a knife to stab the feminine supervisor, 27-year-old Tomoka Takeuchi, within the again and different components of her physique.
Also stabbed was 26-year-old worker Rin Ito.
Both Takeuchi and Ito have been unconscious upon transport to a hospital. Several hours later, they have been each confirmed lifeless.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of tried homicide over the stabbing of Takeuchi, Yamashita, who lives in Fukuroi City, admitted to the allegations.
Police have since modified the cost to homicide. Yamashita additionally admitted to stabbing Ito.
According to police, the suspect entered the bar with two curved kukri knives with 20-centimeter-long blades in every hand and stabbed the 2 girls one after the opposite.
Police later realized that Yamashita had introduced Ito, who was not working that day, to the bar in his automobile simply earlier than the incident.
Ito’s father informed the community: “I hadn’t heard anything about the trouble at all. I haven’t been able to process my feelings.”