Man Arrested over High-Profile Stabbing Case in Japan's Fukuoka

   Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Pref., Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)--Police arrested a 43-year-old man on Thursday over a high-profile stabbing case that left a schoolgirl dead in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
   The man, Masanori Hirabaru, was arrested by the prefectural police department on suspicion of attempted murder of a schoolboy who was seriously injured in the incident on Saturday.
   Hirabaru is suspected of causing injury to the 15-year-old junior high school student by stabbing him in the back with something like a knife at a McDonald's restaurant on Saturday evening.
   The suspect has admitted to the suspicion, people familiar with the police investigation said.
   The 15-year-old girl, Saaya Nakashima, died in the incident after sustaining injury to the stomach.

(2024/12/19-14:05)