Human leg found in river in Kumamoto

Tuesday 10th June, 10:17 AM JST

KUMAMOTO —

A human leg was found floating in a river Monday in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture. Police said Tuesday it is the left leg of an adult person but the sex and age have not been determined yet.

According to police, a 42-year-old man who was fishing in the river found the leg around 8:40 a.m. and called police. Police said the leg had been severed just below the thigh.

7 Comments

Fair dinkum! at 10:21 AM JST - 10th June

here we go again. This happened last month in Ibaraki. Just another nail in the coffin of Japanese society. One's first thoughts would be towards the Yaks, but it may have been your neighbor.
japanyesterday at 10:31 AM JST - 10th June

could be from an individual who traded his/her leg for a mermaid lower half, dont jump to conclusions please.
himasan at 10:50 AM JST - 10th June

Maybe it was from some back alley surgery gone wrong. Or maybe its prosthetic and the J-cops havent realised yet, after all , they did give a kerosine soaked loony a lighter.
pathat at 11:25 AM JST - 10th June

Fair dinkum wrote:

here we go again. This happened last month in Ibaraki. Just another nail in the coffin of Japanese society. One's first thoughts would be towards the Yaks, but it may have been your neighbor.

I see spaces for only another nail or two before the lid is sealed tight.
tkoind2 at 11:32 AM JST - 10th June

Where are the team from CSI when you need them?
TheguyNextdoor at 12:15 PM JST - 10th June

maybe its another piece from the other guy they found...they just dumped it out there.
Altria at 01:43 PM JST - 10th June

here we go again. This happened last month in Ibaraki. Just another nail in the coffin of Japanese society. One's first thoughts would be towards the Yaks, but it may have been your neighbor.

Aren't you going out on a limb a bit?