Society | Jun 25

Cambodian man stabbed to death in Tochigi Pref

Jun 25 (Japan Today) - A Cambodian man was stabbed to death in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sunday morning, police said, adding that a foreign man turned himself to police in Chiba late Sunday.

According to police, the victim, who was in his 30s, was found in an apartment on the second floor of a residential building just after 2:30 a.m., Fuji TV reported.

Police said somebody called 119 and reported that a man had been stabbed and gave the address. When police arrived, the found the victim collapsed in his apartment. He was taken to hospital where he died about two hours later due to loss of blood from a stab wound to his right thigh. No knife was found in the apartment.

Police said there was a group of foreigners in the victim's apartment prior to the stabbing.


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