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Man on the run after fatally stabbing acquaintance on Fussa street

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police launched a manhunt for a suspect in his 50s after a man was stabbed to death on a street in Fussa City early on Sunday, reports TV Asahi (Oct. 18).

At approximately 2:30 a.m., an emergency call alerted police that a man had been stabbed and his assailant had fled the scene.

Officers rushing to the location found the victim, a man believed to be in his 40s, collapsed on the street. He had sustained a severe wound to his chest inflicted by a knife-like object.

The victim was immediately transported to a nearby hospital but was later pronounced dead.

According to investigators, the attacker is believed to be a man in his 50s who was acquainted with the victim.

Police are treating the fatal attack as a murder and are currently tracking the whereabouts of the suspect, who remains at large.