Police arrested him on suspicion of murder based on the incident in which a female office worker was murdered on the street near JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka City, and the woman was attacked on a security camera near the scene. It is suspected that the partner was preparing a knife for the purpose of harming him from the beginning.
On the 16th of this month, Susumu Terauchi (31), a restaurant employee in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City, was found on the street near JR Hakata Station by Miki Kawano (38), a company employee in Nakagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, who had previously been dating. was arrested for stabbing him to death more than ten times with a knife.
Police say he has admitted to the allegations.
Interviews with investigators revealed that a security camera near the scene captured the woman being attacked.
In the video, Mr. Kawano and a man who seems to be the suspect Terauchi walked side by side with an umbrella, and then stopped and talked near the scene.
Then the man suddenly pulled Kawano down and immediately stabbed him with a knife.
After that, he was also seen walking away after putting the knife in his bag.
Police suspect that Terauchi was preparing a weapon for the purpose of harming him from the beginning, and are investigating the circumstances and motives in detail.
[Details in chronological order] Circumstances of the incident and police response
Before the incident, I summarized how the deceased woman and the suspect interacted and how the police responded in chronological order.