When a boy arrested on suspicion of injury appeared in a case where a house was set on fire in Kofu City on the 12th and the bodies of two suspected couples in their 50s were found, he was placed in a station about 30 kilometers away from the scene. According to an interview with an investigative official, he appeared and said that he had killed a person.
Police are investigating the steps taken before and after the incident.
In the case where a house in Yomogisawa, Kofu City was set on fire before 4 am on the 12th, and two bodies believed to be Mr. and Mrs. Moriji Inoue who lived in this house were found from the burnt remains, a daughter who lives with the couple was found just before the fire broke out. A 19-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of injury for beating and injuring him.
According to the police, he admitted that he was "no doubt" in the investigation so far, and made a statement suggesting that he had set fire.
The boy also appeared at the police on the night of the 12th, but according to investigators, he appeared at an unmanned police box in Minobu Town, Yamanashi Prefecture, about 30 kilometers south of the scene, and called the police from there. He said, "I killed a person in Kofu."
Police are investigating more about the steps taken before and after the incident.