Man arrested for stabbing to death mother-in-law in Tokyo

Society | May 18

Man arrested for stabbing to death mother-in-law in Tokyo

TOKYO, May 18 (NewsOnJapan) - An elderly woman was fatally stabbed by her son-in-law with a kitchen knife on Tuesday at a house in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo.

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, at around 1:30 pm on the 17th, there was an emergency call from a house in Oi, Shinagawa-ku, with a female voice saying she had been stabbed.

When police officers arrived, they found an elderly woman collapsed in the hallway with knife wounds to her abdomen.

The woman was taken to the hospital, after which her death was confirmed.

The 46-year-old son-in-law is set to be charged with murder.

Source: ANNnewsCH

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