FUKUI —

A man was arrested Wednesday for strangling his father at their house in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, on Tuesday. Tatsuya Ueno, 40, was arrested for allegedly strangling his father, 69, around 9:10 a.m. According to police, his wife found him strangling his father and tried to stop him. His daughter told a neighbor to call police.

Police found the victim dead in the living room of the house when they arrived. Ueno has so far refused to provide a motive.

4 Comments

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  romulus3 at 03:35 PM JST - 9th April

  no motive? try alcohol and financial, work related stress...

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  Desiderata1967 at 04:00 PM JST - 9th April

  Or try being a 40 year old still living at home with your parents!

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  SuperLib at 09:57 PM JST - 9th April

  Perhaps Japan should make some kind of oversight committee to make sure crimes like this don't happen again in the future.

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  DarkWolfMage320 at 12:43 PM JST - 12th April

  No motive? That's sad. I feel bad for his father. He better freaking go to jail for a loong time for that.

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