High school boy kills himself after stabbing girl in Himeji

Monday 08th June, 02:58 PM JST

HYOGO —

An 18-year-old boy committed suicide by stabbing himself in the chest after attacking a high school girl with a knife on Sunday in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, police said. The girl, who was an acquaintance of the boy, was stabbed in the chest,but is in a stable condition in hospital, police said Monday.

Police said they received a call at 10 p.m. on Sunday from the victim’s mother. She told police that her 17-year-old daughter was with her in their apartment when she received a phone call from the boy, telling her to meet him outside so that he could return an MD player. When the girl went out to meet him in an adjacent parking lot, he stabbed her and she ran back into the house.

The boy stabbed himself on the spot and died a few hours later in hospital, police said. He and the girl were reportedly dating.

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Spaceman at 10:24 PM JST - 8th June

This is so very sad for the families of both the boy and girl. I wonder if self respect is the answer, maybe it is respect for others that is lacking. Very tragic.
cadmium at 10:37 PM JST - 8th June

Full moon out - brings out the loonies. Poor girl will have this memory the rest of her long life.
medievaltimes at 10:58 PM JST - 8th June

I have to say that in Asia, teens tend to be less mature mentally than their western counterparts - there is almost a fatalistic attitude to things like rejection.

I can't comment on the rest of Asia but as for Japan I would tend to agree with this statement as well. In general, less mature and extremely sensitive to rejection/failure/criticism.
usaexpat at 11:13 PM JST - 8th June

Well young love or maybe stalking doesn't end well sometimes. My guess is the boy wanted be more than an aquaintance to the girl he stabbed,
usaexpat at 11:15 PM JST - 8th June

Sorry, I reread the story and apparently they were dating. Maybe she was ending it and he couldn't take it.
Molenir at 11:26 PM JST - 8th June

So, did she get the MD player back?

More seriously, glad shes ok, sorry hes dead, even if he is a nutcase. Would have been better for the nutcase to live, and get psychological help.
Fadamor at 03:08 AM JST - 9th June

Suicides appear to be much higher than the norm in Japan (34.8 men and 13.2 women per 100,000 people), but intentional homicides (not accidents) are much lower per-capita (0.5 people killed per 100,000).
nurse13 at 04:48 AM JST - 9th June

Glad to hear that the girl is okay. My prayer goes to the boy's family.
hmmmgin at 08:08 AM JST - 9th June

Social Skills and How to break up techinques were needed here. He probably read to much into their relationship and she like many girls are filled with sugar and spice.

In a very stress environment (no matter where you are), you got to release that stress/anxiety by working out. Whether it is sports or whatever.
TheguyNextdoor at 10:00 AM JST - 9th June

Wonder how he stabbed himself? What size was the knife? Either way, glad to hear the victim is ok, too bad for the boy...could have gotten another girl and some help.
bushlover at 12:07 PM JST - 9th June

Yes this is the kind of slash story we need. His failure to kill her but he succeeds with himself. Sayonara A-hole. Get well soon young lady and try to forget this loser and hope you never have to go through a relationship like that again in your life.
LFRAgain at 01:41 PM JST - 9th June

Ah, young love.

Honestly, I'd just as soon not see any slasher stories of any sort, but if we were to improve this one, it would be refreshing to read that in lieu of killing his girlfriend, then himself, he realized he was being melodratic/stupid/insane, and scrapped the entire plan, choosing instead to talk to someone about it, until he felt better about things. THAT would be refreshing.
BBLeo at 06:59 PM JST - 9th June

For boy 'RIP,' and for girl: 'WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM???' This time she was lucky girl.
Youdontknow at 02:49 AM JST - 10th June

Epic FAIL on his part!
LFRAgain at 04:33 PM JST - 10th June

For boy 'RIP,' and for girl: 'WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM???

Huh?