In April final 12 months, a ramen store proprietor who was additionally a Yakuza chief was murdered in Kobe. The police have arrested 5 members from one other Yakuza gang on suspicion of involvement within the killing.

The 5 people arrested on suspicion of organized homicide underneath the Organized Crime Punishment Act embody Kanaruyuki Kin (55), a senior member of the Yakuza gang ‘Kizuna-kai,’ and Takamitsu Maeda (53), the second-generation head of Shitou-kai, a department of ‘Kizuna-kai.’

According to the police, the 5 are suspected of capturing and killing Manabu Yoshima (57), the chief of a sub-organization of the sixth-generation Yamaguchi-gumi, at a ramen store in Nagata Ward, Kobe, in April final 12 months.

Kin is believed to be the perpetrator. According to investigative sources, a handgun seized from Kin’s residence when he was apprehended in a separate case in February this 12 months is believed to have been used within the killing of Yoshima.

The police haven’t disclosed whether or not the 5 people have admitted to or denied the fees.

Source: MBS