Sep 01 (Japan Today) - Police arrested a 19-year-old male Thursday for allegedly stabbing and seriously injuring his 18-year-old girlfriend in Tokyo the previous day.
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested the teenager on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed his girlfriend, a high school student in Tokyo, in the neck in Edogawa Ward on early Wednesday afternoon and fled.
The police were informed at around 12:30 p.m. about the incident which took place near JR Koiwa Station.
After the attack, the suspect took a taxi to JR Hachioji Station and ran away without paying the fare.
The teenager was caught in the city of Shizuoka, nearly 200 kilometers southwest of the crime scene. He was quoted by the police as saying he had intended to turn himself in after settling down emotionally.
Source: ANNnewsCH