Seven years ago, in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, a Peruvian man invaded three houses and killed six people. The Saitama District Court dismissed the case in a trial in which a man who lost his daughter was suing the prefecture.

In September 2015, a man invaded three houses in Kumagaya City and killed six men and women. He has been questioned and has been sentenced to life imprisonment.



In this case, Miwako Kato (41 at the time), Misaki (10 at the time), and Yuki Kato (49), who lost her second daughter Haruka (7 at the time), were told by the police to the local residents. He asked the prefecture for compensation of more than 64 million yen for failing to provide the necessary information.



At the trial, Mr. Kato had an incident in which a foreigner fled from the police station and then invaded a house or killed a couple in the vicinity, and the police were obliged to inform the residents of such contents through patrols and disaster prevention radio. However, the prefecture demanded that the complaint be dismissed, saying that it could not be presumed to have been caused by the same person.



In a ruling on the 15th, Saitama District Court Judge Yosuke Ishigaki said, "The police had only fragmentary investigation information at that time, and it is not recognized that the three victims were in real danger at that time. I have to say that it was difficult to imagine the criminal image, and it cannot be said that the police could recognize that the murder cases would occur in a row. "



On top of that, "Public relations activities such as police cars can only be expected to have a limited effect, and it is unclear how effective the disaster prevention radio was, so it cannot be said that there was a considerable possibility of avoiding damage. Suddenly, the beloved family was robbed. I can't help but understand the feelings of the Saitama Prefectural Police, but I can't admit that it's illegal. "

The idea of ​​appealing to the bereaved family "Nausea with anger rather than sadness"

Regarding the decision, plaintiff Yuki Kato (49) said, "I'm more angry and nauseous than sad. I'm feeling like what I was doing until today. I'm really sorry for the three who died. I have no words to say, "he said, revealing his intention to appeal.

Saitama Prefectural Police Headquarters "Refrain from commenting at this time

Regarding the decision, Saitama Prefectural Police Headquarters said, "We are scrutinizing the content of the decision and refrain from commenting at this time. It is said that.

Background of the incident

September 13, 2015 [Peruvian escape from police station]


Peruvian nationality Nakada Rudena Byron Jonathan inmate who was voluntarily asked about the situation after receiving a report that "there is a foreigner who entered a private house" However, he escapes from the Kumagaya police station.



September 13, 2015 Evening [Two burglaries]


After that, two burglaries occur around the police station.


Police sent out police dogs and searched for their whereabouts, but did not inform the local residents that there were a series of burglaries.



September 14, 2015 [Killing a couple in


a house in the city] On the following day, a couple in their 50s is stabbed by a knife and killed in a house in the city.


At that time, the police asked the city's board of education to watch over the school road, but did not tell the residents that foreigners had fled the day before and that there were a series of trespasses. ..



September 16, 2015 [Killing one woman in one house and three family members in another house]


Two days later, on the 16th, an 84-year-old woman living alone was found murdered,


about an hour later. Was found to have been murdered by Miwako Kato (41 at the time), Misaki (10 at the time), and Haruka (7 at the time), the second daughter, in another house about 100 meters away.



September 2018 [Sue]


Three years after the incident, Mr. Kato's husband filed a lawsuit seeking damages from the prefecture, alleging that there was a problem with police information provision.



September 2020 [Supreme Court decides to dismiss the defense's appeal]


On the other hand, Nakada inmates have been sentenced to life imprisonment in 2020 on charges of murder-robbery and other charges.