Ibaraki couple killing case arrest apprentice The day before September 07 17:58

Last month, a 70-year-old couple in a house in Yachiyo-cho, Ibaraki Prefecture was killed, and a Vietnamese agricultural apprentice who was arrested made a statement admitting that he bought a kitchen knife that appeared to be a weapon. I learned through interviews with investigators. On the other hand, the suspicion of attempted murder against his wife is denied as “not done”.

At the dawn of Hiratsuka, Yachiyo-cho on the 24th of last month, Isao Osato (76) died after being stabbed by a knife with a knife and a 73-year-old wife was stabbed by an abdomen. A Vietnamese farm apprentice nearby, Nguyen Din Hai (21), was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of his wife and sent to the prosecutor's office on the 3rd.

According to previous investigations, Nguyen suspected that he purchased a kitchen knife of the same type as a kitchen knife that appeared to be a weapon found at the home center in Yachiyo-cho on the evening of the day before the incident. The interview with the investigator revealed that he was making a statement admitting that he had purchased a kitchen knife.

On the other hand, the suspicion of attempted murder against his wife is denied as “not done”.

Nguyen, who was an agricultural apprentice, was usually working in the field near the couple's house, and the police were investigating whether they had no contact with the couple and the motives of the incident.

Increase in acceptance of trainees in western Ibaraki

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, as of the end of October last year, there were over 1.46 million foreign workers nationwide, of which 308,000, or 20%, were technical interns.

According to the Ibaraki Labor Bureau, Ibaraki Prefecture, where agriculture is thriving, has the largest number of technical intern trainees, accounting for 47% of the total, and the number of people accepted as of the end of October last year was approximately 6,200. is.

In particular, the western part of Ibaraki Prefecture, including Yachiyo Town, has a growing cultivation of leafy vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, lettuce, and long onion, and the acceptance of technical intern trainees is increasing due to chronic labor shortages.