A man was arrested in Settsu City, Osaka, for killing his three-year-old eldest son by pouring hot water on him and causing him to burn.
Police are investigating the details, as the mother told city officials that "the dating partner hit the child" before the incident.
Takumi Matsubara, a 23-year-old unemployed person in Habikino City, Osaka, burned a woman's eldest son, Sakura Toshito Niimura, who was three years old, in a condominium in Settsu City where a woman in her twenties lived last month. He was arrested on suspicion of murder for murdering him.
It means that he is denying the charges.
According to the city of Settsu, when the mother came to the city hall for an interview in May, she told the person in charge that her dating partner had hit her child.
Six days later, a city official visited his home and told his mother, who was suspected to be Matsubara, that he couldn't hit him, and he nodded and said, "I understand." ..
In addition, it is said that Settsu City shared information about this family with the child guidance center of the prefecture because there was other information provided by the nursery school where Sakura Rito attended and the acquaintance of his mother suspected abuse. That is.
Settsu City commented, "We take the death of a young child very seriously. We believe that the response was appropriate."
The police are investigating the details.