On the morning of the 3rd, a 58-year-old part-time employee was stabbed by a knife and died at a bicycle parking lot in a commercial facility in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture. A cleaner was arrested on suspicion of murder.

Around 8:30 am on the 3rd, a man walking nearby reported that "a person is bleeding and falling down" at a bicycle parking lot at the commercial facility "Youme Town Kure" in Takaramachi, Kure City.



When a police officer rushed to the scene, a part-time employee, Yukie Kawashima (58), who lives in Ryojo, Kure City, was found to have been stabbed with a knife on her back and was taken to a hospital in the city, but died. bottom.

Police were investigating the whereabouts of a man who had escaped from the scene on a motorcycle from a nearby security camera image and suspected that he was involved in the incident. A 47-year-old man appeared at a police station in the city with an acquaintance and was arrested on suspicion of murder.



According to the police, he admitted the suspicion by stating that there was no doubt in the investigation.



According to the investigation so far, Mr. Oe was acquainted with Mr. Kawashima who died, and in April, Mr. Kawashima consulted with the police about the trouble.



Police are investigating the motives and details of the incident.