A man was arrested after a Japanese streamer was fatally stabbed while she was in trouble in a street in the city center of Tokyo on Tuesday.
The police in Japan Said on Friday that they arrested Kenji Takano, 42, suspected of attempted murder.
It has since been sent to prosecutors but has not yet been charged, according to a press release from the Tokyo metropolitan police on Friday.
The victim, Airi Sato, 22, was transported urgently to hospital on Tuesday with critical injuries after being attacked, suffering from more than 30 stabs at the top of her body, according to the police. She was then declared dead.
According to the New York Times, Sato Was heard shouting “Help!” By live witnesses and viewers before its Whowatch flow becomes dark, with the sounds of audible emergency vehicles for those who look live.
Her audience would have published questions in the cat, as “where did she go?” And “someone helps!”
The suspect told the police that he had known Sato through his delivery and had seen him in person on several occasions, and that they had a financial dispute, according to The Asahi newspaper and other media relationships.
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The ASAHI newspaper reported that Takano had lent Sato 2.5 million yen (about $ 24,225 CA) and that it did not reimburse it despite a court order to do so.
Kyodo News reported that it was believed that Takono started lending Sato money Around 2022. The point of sale also reported that during a search of his house in Oyama, the police seized more than 10 receipts for banking transfers, some of which in Sato.
Tokyo police said Takano admitted the attack, but said he didn’t want to kill Sato.
According to the police, Takano used a survival knife to stab Sato in the head, neck and chest while looking in her cell phone camera in a lively street.
Takano has traveled from Oyama, a city about 100 kilometers north of Tokyo, to carry out the attack, after Sato announced live broadcast. He followed his location by looking at the images, according to the reports.
Violent crimes are still rare in Japan, where control of firearms is extremely strict, but there have been a number of High level knife attacks and others using hand pistols In recent years, in the midst of a dark salary and job prospects.
– With files from the Associated Press
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