Shimane Izumo Standing up Arrested man is 23 years old in Chiba Suspicion of confinement January 15 15:06
Police arrested a 23-year-old man in Chiba Prefecture on suspicion of confinement in a case where a man with a knife at a shipping company in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture, held a female employee hostage and stood up for 18 hours.
The arrested is the unemployed Susumu Nakao (23) in Midori Ward, Chiba City. According to police, at around 2.30 pm on March 14, there was a suspicion of confinement involving a 40-year-old female employee taken hostage with a knife into a shipping company in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. Nakao has been stuck for about 18 hours, but released the woman at about 8:30 am on March 15 following a police officer's persuasion, and said she was not hurt.
Police said Nakao had no acquaintance with the hostage woman and had no business relationship with the company.
Mr. Nakao had two knives and, according to the investigators, said in a police persuasion that the man working at this company had a grudge against a woman and did so to call him. And asked him to bring this man.
Having acknowledged the allegations for the investigation, the police have decided to investigate further details and motives.