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Man arrested for fatally stabbing IT seminar lecturer in Fukuoka

Jun 27 (Japan Today) - Police arrested on Monday a 42-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death a lecturer at an information technology seminar in Fukuoka the night before over what he claims to be trouble online.

Hidemitsu Matsumoto, who turned himself in at a police station at around 11 p.m. Sunday, was arrested on suspicion of stabbing Kenichiro Okamoto, 41, in his neck and chest with a knife around 8 p.m. on Sunday at a defunct elementary school in the major southwestern Japan city.

Matsumoto has admitted to the allegations and indicated he clashed with Okamoto online, the police said, adding they suspect Matsumoto came to resent the lecturer following exchanges over the internet.

Okamoto, who worked for an internet technology firm in his hometown of Tokyo, had given a lecture in a room at the school building before he was attacked in the toilet, according to the police.

A facility official made an emergency call after spotting a bleeding Okamoto and a man with a knife coming out of a toilet at the facility.

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