TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 46-year-old over the alleged fatal assault of a 59-year-old male neighbor in the parking lot of a convenience store in Adachi Ward last month.
At around 2 a.m. on November 26, Shuji Sato (46), an office worker, is alleged to have repeatedly punched 59-year-old Toshihiro Yoneno in the face in the parking lot of Seven-Eleven Adachi Takenotsuka Station South Store.
A convenience store employee called police after finding Yoneno collapsed in the parking lot. He was later confirmed dead at a hospital, the Takenotsuka Police Station said.
The cause of death was traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, reports the Asahi Shimbun (Dec. 6).
Upon his arrest on suspicion of assault resulting in death, Sato said, “[Yoneno] grabbed me by the collar, so I tried to shake him off.”
The suspect and the victim were not acquainted. An examination of the store’s security camera footage, showed the pair arguing in front of the store just before the incident. Afterward, Sato went shopping inside.
Police are now investigating the circumstances that led to the incident.
