Police in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, have arrested a 65-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 57-year-old woman with whom he was in a relationship.
According to police, Masami Mizuno has admitted to stabbing Megumi Nakamura, a part-time worker who lives in Osaka, sometime between 5:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at his apartment on Wednesday, Fuji TV reported. Police said the couple did not live together and that Nakamura had been visiting Mizuno.
Police said Mizuno called 119, saying his girlfriend had been stabbed by someone on the street. Police said the victim, who had several knife wounds in her back, was taken to hospital where she died about three hours later.
Hyogo: Man, 65, accused of fatally stabbing girlfriend in Nishinomiya
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 25, 2021
HYOGO (TR) – Hyogo Prefectural Police have arrested a 65-year-old man over the alleged fatal stabbing his girlfriend in Nishinomiya City, reports Jiji Press (Feb. 25).
Between around 5:30 a.m. and 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Masami Mizuno, of no known occupation, is alleged to have repeatedly stabbed Megumi Nakamura, 57, in the back at his residence.
Nakamura was transported to a hospital where she was later confirmed dead, the Nishinomiya Police Station said.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of murder on Thursday, Mizuno admitted to the allegations. “I became irritated with [her] attitude,” the suspect told police. “So I used a knife from in my house to stab her with the intention of murder.”