Aug 18 (Japan Today) - Police in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, have arrested an unemployed 50-year-old man on suspicion of beating his 48-year-old wife to death with a wooden sword.
According to police, Kiyoshi Kobayashi beat his wife Haruko several times with the one-meter-long sword at their house between late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, Fuji TV reported.
Just after 8 a.m. Thursday, Kobayashi called 119 and reported that his wife had died. Police rushed to the scene and found Haruko, wearing shorts and a tank top, sitting hunched on the floor of a closet. She was confirmed dead at the scene. Police said she had several bruises on her head and back.
Police said Kobayashi has admitted there was trouble between his wife and himself and that he beat her with the sword but said he didn't think she would die.
Source: ANNnewsCH