Chinese student arrested in Tokyo after flatmate stabbed to death
- Japanese police say 23-year-old suspect caught in possession of bloody blade admitted carrying out attack
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 23-year-old Chinese student on weapons charges after his Chinese flatmate was found in their home with fatal stab wounds to the neck and abdomen on Friday night, according to Japanese media reports.
The 20-year-old male victim, who was not named, died in hospital.
Police officers called to the eighth-floor flat in northern Adachi ward on Friday evening found the man bleeding from wounds to his neck and abdomen, the Sankei newspaper reported.
Preliminary investigations showed the victim was a vocational student who moved into the flat three months ago, Chinese state-run news portal Huanqiu.com reported.
Police searched the area and found the flatmate, surnamed Liu, holding a sashimi knife with blood on it. Liu told the police that he had stabbed his flatmate, the Sankei report said.
