Police Apologize to Hakamata After His Acquittal for 1966 Quadruple Murder; Shizuoka Authorities Also Express Contrition to Grandson of Victims

The Yomiuri Shimbun
15:52 JST,
October 21, 2024
Following the acquittal on retrial of Iwao Hakamata, 88, for the 1966 quadruple murder of a family in Shizuoka Prefecture, Takayoshi Tsuda, chief of the prefectural police, apologized to Hakamata in a meeting with him in Hamamatsu on Monday.
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