A man on Monday morning fatally stabbed his girlfriend and her father, and seriously wounded the woman's mother as well, before committing suicide by jumping from the roof of a nearby building in Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture.
According to police, the 52-year-old man broke into the house at around 3 a.m. Police said he stabbed his girlfriend Miho Yamada, 42, her father Yoneichi Yamada, 72, and her mother Kazumi, 66, Fuji TV reported. Kazumi called 110 at 3:15 a.m. and reported that her daughter’s boyfriend had broken into the house and attacked them. She said she had heard her daughter screaming from the second floor, and when she went upstairs, she saw her daughter’s boyfriend there, wielding a knife.
When police arrived at the scene, they found the three victims bleeding from stab wounds. Kazumi had gone out onto the street, where she was found collapsed. All three were taken to hospital where Yoneichi and Miho were pronounced dead. Kazumi remains in a critical condition, police said.
Police said the suspect used a ladder to enter the house through an open window on the second-floor balcony.
About two hours later, police said they found the body of the suspect in the parking lot of a hospital about 1.5 kilometers away. The man had driven there in a rental car. Police said it appeared he jumped to his death.
The car, with bloodstains on the driver's seat, was parked about 600 meters from the hospital. Police said the man is from Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture.
© Japan Today
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smithinjapan
Horrible stuff. And of course, the coward committed suicide at the end, wasting three lives and destroying those of the woman's family who are still alive. RIP to the girlfriend and father, and hope the mother gets well soon. Hope the scumbag who did it rots in hell.
Frederic Bastiat
This, too, was a "hate crime" as murder is rooted in hate.
May the victims rest in peace.
keika1628
It would have been better for him to survive the fall, endure the pain and stand before formal examination of evidence before a judge who would sentence him to "surprise" we are going to excutue you someday with only an hours notice.
bjohnson23
As the people complain about gun violence in Japan we have "knife" violence. Again another attack involving a knife.
Nessie
Yes, 50 dead in a single knife attack. Oh wait, that was a gun. Never mind.
sensei258
WTF again?! Guys, if your girl doesn't want you any more, just move on.
Disillusioned
Well, isn't that just dandy? How many cases of this has there been I'm recent weeks? Every day? Parents killing and abusing infants, elderly couples killing their spouses, girls found dead in their apartments, the list just goes on! 90% of the violent crime in Japan happens in the home or between family members, plus the suicides. No wonder so many women stay single! Get your act together Japan! This is not on the brochure!
David Blue
Mental disease is the root of the problem. The family endured a tragic event because this man was sick.
Myhumbletake
May they rest in power. I hope the developments will tell the public opinion what led to such tragedy.
Frederic Bastiat
Nessie, do you remember March 20th, 1995? It could have been much worse.
This person killed discriminently. The radical islamist in Florida did not. The AUM nutjobs didn't either. Apples and oranges.