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Osaka: Man found with slashed neck later dies

OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police launched an investigation after a man found stabbed in Sakai City later died, reports TBS News (Feb. 16).

At just past 9:20 a.m., an employee from a store alerted police about a man “collapsed and vomiting blood” on a road in Naka Ward.

According to police, the man, believed to be in his 20s or 30s, was later confirmed dead at a hospital. He had suffered a slash to his neck.

A man died after being found stabbed in Sakai City on February 16 (Twitter)

There were no signs that a struggle had taken place at the scene. But a knife with a 9-centimeter-long blade was found near the man, police said.

Police are treating the case as the result of foul play or a suicide.