OSAKA (TR) – A 33-year-old man in custody after he allegedly stabbed a male bookstore employee on the morning of November 8 has told police he was not happy with society, reports Nippon News Network (Nov. 9).
Satoshi Okamoto, a resident of Osaka City, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of inflicting bodily injury.
According to police, the incident occurred shortly after 11:00 a.m. at a bookstore located roughly 300 meters from Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station. An emergency call was placed: “I was stabbed in the thigh.”
Investigators say the male clerk was working on the sales floor outside the cash register counter when Okamoto suddenly approached him from behind and plunged a kitchen knife into his left thigh.
Photographs taken inside the shop immediately following the attack showed splatters of blood on the floor near the register. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment and was conscious at the time.
Officers responding to the scene found Okamoto sitting on the floor inside the bookstore and promptly placed him under arrest.
Police confirmed that Okamoto and the victim were total strangers. During questioning, the suspect admitted to the stabbing, reportedly telling investigators: “I had a grudge against society as a whole. There is no mistake that I did it.”
Police are currently investigating the exact circumstances and background leading up to the attack.
