KYOTO (TR) – Kyoto Prefectural Police have arrested a 38-year-old man over the stabbing of a teenage girl in Kyotanabe City on Thursday, a crime he admits to committing due to “noise” made by the victim, reports TBS News (July 19).
At around 8:40 a.m., Yuichi Matsumoto used a knife to repeatedly stab the girl, 19, in the back in a corridor of an apartment building, located in the Miyamaki area. The victim, a resident of the building, was transported to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, according to police.
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Officers arriving at the scene began questioning Matsumoto, who also lives in the building, before arresting him on suspicion of attempted murder. “Since daily noise was such that I could not sleep, I thought I would kill her,” the suspect was quoted in admitting to the allegations.
After the incident, the girl fled to a nearby street. A female neighbor then alerted emergency services.