Small 6 girl kidnapping Arrested man "I knew I was being searched" November 25, 11:55
A police interview with a 35-year-old man from Tochigi Prefecture who was arrested for kidnapping a sixth-grade girl in Osaka stated that he knew that the girl was being searched for on TV news I understood. The police are planning to send a man on suspicion of kidnapping and confinement, assuming that the girl was confined at home while knowing the situation.
A girl (12) in the sixth grade of elementary school in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, was missing on the 17th of this month, but was successfully protected on 23rd in a police box in Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture.
The police arrested a girl who met through SNS and took him away to his home in Oyama City, arresting suspect Hitoshi Ito (35) as a kidnapped minor and searching for his home on the 25th. It means that the charges are denied to the investigation.
In a subsequent interview with the police, Ito found that I knew that the girl was being searched for on TV news.
The girl seems to have been trapped in Ito's house for six days and was told, "I was threatened by showing something like a pistol bullet. The man was scared at home and could not escape" It means that
The police believe that the girl was threatened and arrested at home while knowing the situation in the news, etc., and will be sent out on the afternoon of the 25th on suspicion of kidnapping and confinement.
A relief from the locals
After the girl was successfully protected, the locals heard relief.
A mother with a three-year-old child said, “I was always with my child because of a missing incident in my neighborhood. I was really safe when I was found safely. I may not be able to do that, but I want to manage it properly when I give it to my children. "
In addition, a woman who has a grandchild of an elementary school student said, “I didn't expect this incident to happen in this town, so I would like my grandchild to keep away from strangers.”
On the other hand, at the elementary school where girls attend, the children went to school as usual while being watched by local people.