In an attempted murder case in which a clerk was cut with a kitchen knife at a shopping center in Nemuro City, Hokkaido, an interview with an investigative official revealed that a junior high school boy arrested had purchased a kitchen knife at a nearby store just before the incident. rice field.
A 14-year-old male junior high school student was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in a case in which a female clerk in her 50s was severely injured when her neck was cut with a knife at a shopping center in Tokiwa-cho, Nemuro City on the 19th. Was sent to the public prosecutor's office.
After 1:00 pm on the day of the incident, an interview with an investigative official revealed that a male student had purchased a new kitchen knife at a 100-yen shop about 400 meters away from the scene.
The incident happened about 15 minutes later, and police believe that he bought a knife and went on foot immediately.
The manager of the 100-yen shop, who confirmed the situation at the time of coming to the store with the image of the security camera, said, "I was going straight to the kitchen knife department immediately after entering the store, so I think it was the purpose of buying kitchen knives from the beginning." I was talking.
The boys had no acquaintance with the victim's female, and according to the investigators, they said that "anyone was okay", so the police thought that they had indiscriminately cut the knife with the purchased knife, and further motivated them. I'm investigating.