FULKUSHIMA (TR) – Fukushima Prefectural Police have arrested a 37-year-old man for choking his two-month-old son earlier this month. The boy’s life is not in danger, reports NHK (June 13).
At around 9:30 p.m. on June 8, Yasuyuki Suzuki, a company employee, allegedly used his hands to grab the neck of the boy at their residence in Soma City.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of attempted murder, Suzuki admitted to the allegations. “My child wouldn’t stop crying, so I strangled him,” he said.
On the night of June 9, a doctor who examined the boy contacted police. Police arrested Suzuki on the night of June 12.
The son is currently hospitalized, but his life is not in danger.
