On the 1st of this month, it was found that a nearby security camera recorded a video of the scene at the time of the incident in an incident in which a company employee was arrested for slashing a man in Yokohama City.
He denies the allegations against the investigation.
Hiroaki Morikawa (62), a company employee who lives nearby, was injured in a case in which a man in his 20s was injured on the sidewalk near JR Hodogaya Station in Yokohama on the 1st of this month. was arrested on suspicion of injury and was sent to the public prosecutor's office on the 5th.
In this case, it was newly found that the video of the scene at the time of the incident was recorded on a security camera installed nearby.
The video obtained by NHK shows a man who is believed to be the victim walking side by side at 7:59 pm, the time the incident occurred, and a person walking in the opposite direction passing each other.
The man is believed to have had his leg cut.
A person passing by appears to have something in his hand and walks away.
About an hour and a half before this incident, there had been two incidents in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, where people passed each other and had their feet slashed. It was recorded on camera.
The police are investigating the relationship between the three incidents by analyzing security camera footage taken in various places.
He denies the allegations against the investigation.
The recorded video
A security camera installed near the scene of the incident in Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama City recorded footage of the scene at the time of the incident.
The road visible in the upper left of the screen is National Route 1, which runs along the JR Yokosuka Line where Hodogaya Station is located.
The sidewalk of the incident site is reflected in the back of the national highway.
Around 7:59 pm, the same time as the incident, two men who are believed to be victims are walking side by side in the direction of the station from the left side of the screen.
Around the same time, a few meters ahead of the man, you can see a person walking towards the man.
He appears to be holding something in his left hand.
Shortly after, this person passes a man who is believed to be the victim.
The man is believed to have had his leg cut at this time.
The person who passed each other did not stop and walked to the left of the screen as it was.