(ANN/THE JAPAN NEWS) – An emergency call was made to the police at around 9:50 a.m on Tuesday reporting that a woman was attacked by a man with a knife by a man on a street in Takadanobaba, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. Upon arriving at the scene, officers from the Totsuka Police Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department discovered a woman in her 20s lying on the ground with stab wounds to her head, neck and chest.
The woman was taken to a hospital, but later confirmed dead.
The police arrested a man in his 40s, present at the scene, on suspicion of attempted murder. It was believed that the woman was live-streaming a video on the street when the incident occurred, and the police are investigating the incident, suspecting that there was some kind of conflict between the two.
According to a senior police officer, the man has confessed to the accusation. A knife suspected to be the murder weapon was seized from the scene.
The incident occurred in an area with houses and shops about 350 metres southwest of JR Takadanobaba Station.
