The body of a 17-year-old high school boy was found at Lake Hamana in Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and interviews with investigators revealed that the body had multiple bruises that looked like he had been beaten. Police believe that the bruise may have been caused when he was assaulted by the suspects, who were arrested on the 20th on suspicion of assault, and are investigating the details of how it happened.
On the 9th of this month, the body of Saito Ukawa (17), a second-year high school student from Fukuroi City, was found at Lake Hamana in Arai-cho, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Police believe that he had been beaten and then drowned, and are investigating the matter as a murder. I am.
Police accused Oto Horiuchi (21), an unemployed man from Hamamatsu City, and an 18-year-old Philippine national, of assaulting Ms. Saito and confining her in a car in Hamamatsu City in the early hours of the 5th of this month. The suspect was arrested on the 20th on suspicion of causing injury and confinement, and three 17-year-old boys from Hamamatsu City and Iwata City were arrested on suspicion of confinement.
Investigations so far revealed multiple bruises on Mr. Saito's body that looked like he had been punched, according to an interview with investigators.
It is believed that Mr. Saito caused trouble by overturning his motorcycle at a friend's house in Hamamatsu City, where he was visiting in the early hours of the 5th of this month, and the five people arrested were said to have been with Mr. Saito at the time. .
Police are investigating whether the incident is related to the incident, and are looking into the details of how the bruises may have been caused when the suspects, who were arrested on suspicion of assault, may have caused the bruises.