The bodies of two people, a Japanese woman in her 20s and her Filipino mother, were found in Quezon province in the northern Philippines. Local media reported that the Japanese woman's aunt had confessed to killing them.

The aunt had been taken to the hospital on the 15th after attempting suicide, but local media reported on the 17th, citing police information, that the aunt, who was hospitalized, told police, ``She stabbed two people with three other people, including her husband.''