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Ibaraki Apartment Stabbing Leaves One Foreign Man Dead as Police Launch Homicide Investigation

Police plan to question a lightly injured man believed to be the attacker.

Overview

  • Emergency responders were alerted around 4:30 a.m. to an unconscious man reportedly stabbed in the abdomen at an apartment complex in Nagaoka, Ibaraki-machi.
  • Two foreign men in their 20s were found with wounds from a knife-like object, and one died after being taken to a hospital.
  • The other stabbed man is hospitalized with injuries that are not considered life-threatening, according to police.
  • A third foreign man sustained minor injuries and is viewed as the likely assailant whom authorities intend to interview after he recovers.
  • Mito Police Station is investigating the case as a homicide, and officials have not released identities, motive, or full details about the weapon.