Crime Apr. 27, 2011 - 11:00AM JST ( 3 )

OSAKA —

A man and woman were found stabbed to death in their Osaka apartment on Tuesday morning, police said.

Police said they received an emergency call at around 2:35 a.m. from a resident of an apartment block in Miyakojima Ward, who had reported hearing a scream. The resident told police he went out into the hallway to investigate and saw a man on the floor outside an apartment.

Police rushed to the scene where they found a man and a woman inside stabbed to death and the other man outside the apartment also suffering from stab wounds. He was taken to hospital and is a stable condition.

According to police, the resident who made the emergency call claimed the man he saw in the hallway was brandishing something in his hand, although they did not find any weapons at the scene. 

Compiled from news reports