Tokyo nursery worker arrested in murder of female colleague

Japan Times -- Apr 01

A nursery worker has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a colleague to death in her apartment in Tokyo last week, police said.

Yusuke Matsuoka, 31, was identified as the man seen in security camera footage leaving the apartment in Suginami Ward where Tsugumi Terui, 32, was found on the floor with a knife in her back Tuesday, investigative sources said Saturday.

Matsuoka has denied the allegations, they said.

Matsuoka is believed to have broken into Terui’s apartment on the second floor of the two-story building after apparently climbing over the roof and dropping down to the balcony, according to the sources.

He is suspected of having burned off a section of glass to unlock the sliding windows on the balcony, a method often used by thieves, the sources said.

Apr 01 (Kyodo) - 東京都杉並区のアパートで乳児院勤務の保育士照井津久美さん(32)が刺殺された事件で、警視庁荻窪署捜査本部は30日、殺人の疑いで、同僚の保育士松岡佑輔容疑者(31)=杉並区井草1=を逮捕し、31日に送検した。逮捕容疑は26日正午ごろ、杉並区下井草3丁目にあるアパート2階の一室で、住人の照井さんの背中を包丁で刺して殺害した疑い。松岡容疑者は容疑を否認しているという。