Male clerk killed in bookstore Robbery murder Gunma Numata Oct. 15 20:14

Late at night on the 14th, a 59-year-old clerk was found to have been stabbed and died near the back door of a bookstore in Numata City, Gunma Prefecture. We are investigating as.

Around 11:50 pm on the 14th, at the bookstore “Renta-kun” in Takahashiba-cho, Numata City, Gunma Prefecture, a woman who visited the store reported that the husband had fallen down.

A police officer rushed to the store and found that the store clerk Yasumori Saito (59) was stabbed and died near the back door of the store.

In addition, cash was gone from the cash register in the store, and there was evidence that the product was taken out.

According to the survey so far, the store closed at 9:00 pm and the front doorway was locked, but the employee back door was not locked.

The police are investigating as a robbery murder case because Mr. Saito was attacked when he was working alone after closing the store.