Detainee dies at Tokyo immigration in suspected suicide
- An Italian man in his 50s, found collapsed in his room, appeared to have electrocuted himself
- He had lost his permission to provisional release and had been detained again
An Italian man in his 50s, who was being detained at a Tokyo immigration facility, died in a suspected suicide Friday morning, the Immigration Services Agency of Japan said.
According to the agency, an employee at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Services Bureau found the man collapsed in his room at around 7.20am. The agency said he had lost his permission to provisional release and was detained again from October 25.
The man appeared to have electrocuted himself by tampering with a television cable that was plugged in, according to the agency. Staff attempted to resuscitate him, but he was later confirmed dead at the hospital.
A doctor at the hospital indicated electrocution as being the cause of death. A suicide note was not found.
Staff said they had confirmed there was nothing amiss at around 6am the same day. While the man had received multiple examinations at an on-site medical facility since being detained, he did not appear to have had any life-threatening conditions, the agency said.