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.