Osaka: Man, 69, accused of slashing acquaintance with sword

tokyoreporter.com -- Aug 18

Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a man in the slashing of a male acquaintance with a Japanese sword in Kishiwada City on Thursday, reports the Mainichi Broadcasting System.

At 9:40 p.m., a man, 69, alerted emergency services that he had been slashed by a male acquaintance wielding a Japanese sword on a walkway in the Ikejiricho area.

Police arriving at the scene found the man bleeding profusely from a wound to his head. The man was transported to a hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening.

After the incident, Masao Shigi, also 69, fled the scene in a passenger vehicle while still in possession of the sword. He was later apprehended in Kishiwada.

"We got into a quarrel, so I slashed him with the Japanese sword," said the suspect, who has been accused of attempted murder. "But I did not intend to kill him."

Aug 18 (ANNnewsCH) - 69歳の男性が刀で頭を切られ、知人の男が逮捕されました。 17日午前9時40分ごろ、大阪府岸和田市の遊歩道で、近くに住む無職の男性から「知り合いの男に刀で切られた」と通報がありました。男性は頭を切られましたが、命に別状はありません。