Male stabbing case Arrested a 48-year-old man for murder charges Kitakyushu Kokura Kita Ward December 22, 18:05

Police arrested a 48-year-old man living near the scene on suspicion of murder in a case where a 40-year-old man was killed on a street in Kokura-Kita-ku, Kitakyushu on the night of 21st. Police have denied the charges.

In this case, Tetsuya Hayashi (40), whose address and occupation was unknown, died from a stomach with a knife on a street at Kamidake, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu City, just after 11 pm on the 21st.

Police were investigating the murder, but on the afternoon of the 22nd, he arrested Kenichi Iguchi, 48, a self-proclaimed construction company in Kokura-Kita-ku, Kitakyushu, for murder.

In response to the investigation, he denied the charges, saying "I do not know the victim and I do not remember the stab."

Police are investigating the details of the incident.