The plaintiffs a 59-year-old woman, a 26-year-old woman and two 34-year-old men filed a lawsuit on Monday against the sailor, Daniel Krieger, in Yokohama District Court in Yokosuka, according to their lawyer, Masahiko Goto. They seek 20 million yen, or about $143,000, in compensation.
At the first hearing in a lay-judge trial at Yokohama District Court, Ayumi Kuboki, 34, admitted to killing two 88-year-old men and a 78-year-old woman.
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