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Police in Chofu, Tokyo, have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 89-year-old grandfather.
According to police, Yuya Yamamoto, a scaffolding worker, is accused of stabbing his grandfather Kazue Yamamoto in the head multiple times with a pair of scissors at his municipal housing complex in Chofu on Feb 16, Fuji TV reported. After killing his grandfather, the suspect took his wallet containing 23,000 yen in cash.
Police said the grandson came under suspicion after they discovered his jacket with traces of the victim’s blood in a washing machine at his home.
Neighbors of the victim told media that the elderly man was troubled by the fact his grandson would repeatedly come to borrow money.
According to police, Yamamoto has denied the charges against him and quoted him as saying, “I don’t know [anything], and I don’t really care.”
© Japan Today
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Yubaru
Don't care? Cold hearted arse.
Dre Hund
Psychopaths...sociopaths....what going on over there? This stuff happens every week.
jcapan
Where do you live? B/C what a lot of foreigners seem to have a problem understanding is that JT reports every freak crime from the entire country of 125 million people.
OTOH, if you live in Sydney you probably read the SMH, if you live in San Diego, it's the UT. That is local papers by and large reporting only local crimes. Quite rare that the Boston Globe is going to report on a murder in Seattle or a sex assault case in Atlanta.
I defy anyone to come up with data that shows Japan is at all unique in the # of disturbing crimes that occur.
Aly Rustom
Real piece of work you are.
gokai_wo_maneku
So that guy managed to survive WWII, only to be done in by his own grandson. For money.
sensei258
My grandson is coming to live with us for a year, and his name is Yamamoto, but he's only a JHS student.
Daniel Naumoff
This stuff is reported all over the country of 125 millions every and each day. You get someone killing their family members max. once a week or a month in most "civilized" countries, such as European or Australia, if you wish. This is about the frequency it happens, not the fact that it happens anymore...
sensei258
a JHS student who is the #2 (by close decision) Judo champion in Tokyo prefecture.
Silversue
Sensei: judo, eh? Come to an agreement about the pocket money just in case he slams you to the floor! Lol!
pudus
"the victim told media that the elderly man was troubled by the fact his grandson would repeatedly come to borrow money. " reads like he may have been riding on Ms Meth.
sir_bentley28
Sounds like a worthless gambling yankee with a pachinko addiction problem.
sir_bentley28
Maybe his motive was to get money to fund his addiction! Gambling, perhaps? Whatever it was, he is very coldhearted to kill your grand father and steal his wallet.