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Yomiuri Shimbun file photo A McDonald’s where two junior high school students were stabbed is seen on Sunday.
Jiji Press
15:36 JST, December 19, 2024
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Pref. (Jiji Press) — Police arrested a 43-year-old man on Thursday over a high-profile stabbing case that left a schoolgirl dead in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
The man, Masanori Hirabaru, was arrested by the prefectural police department on suspicion of attempted murder of a schoolboy who was seriously injured in the incident on Saturday.
Hirabaru is suspected of causing injury to the 15-year-old junior high school student by stabbing him in the back with something like a knife at a McDonald’s restaurant on Saturday evening.
The suspect has admitted to the allegation, people familiar with the police investigation said.
The 15-year-old girl, Saaya Nakashima, died of blood loss in the incident after sustaining injury to the stomach.
Nakashima, a junior high school student, and the boy were waiting in line to make orders at the restaurant when they were attacked by Hirabaru.
It took only a dozen seconds for the suspect to leave the scene after his arrival.
The boy has told police investigators that he had been stabbed by a complete stranger.
