TOKYO - A man in his 40s who went to collect overdue rent at an apartment in Nishitokyo, Tokyo, was repeatedly stabbed on September 7, with police arresting a 66-year-old resident who was three months behind on rent and was scheduled to vacate the property that day.
The attack occurred at around 5:30 p.m. at an apartment building in Hibarigaoka-Kita, a quiet residential neighborhood about a two-minute walk from Hibarigaoka Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line.
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested apartment resident Katsuji Kondo, 66, at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder.
According to police, Kondo had fallen behind on three months of rent totaling 160,000 yen and was scheduled to leave the apartment on September 7.
Investigators believe Kondo became involved in a dispute with the man who had come to collect the unpaid rent and stabbed him several times in the abdomen and other areas with a survival knife.
A man who said he saw Kondo after the incident described him as covered in blood. "The suspect was wearing a white shirt, but he was covered in blood, and even his pants were completely red," the witness said. "I was just stunned. He looked like an ordinary middle-aged man."
Kondo has admitted during questioning that he stabbed the man, according to police.
The victim suffered injuries expected to require about six months to heal, but his condition is not considered life-threatening.
Source: TOKYO MX NEWS
