Nov 17 (tokyoreporter.com) - Niigata Prefectural Police are hunting for a 25-year-old man after a woman was fatally stabbed in a business district in Chuo Ward, Niigata City on Friday, reports Jiji Press (Nov. 16).
The suspect is Ryosuke Saito, of no known occupation. He has been placed on a nationwide wanted list on suspicion of murder.
At around 9 p.m., Yuzuki Ishizawa, 20, was found collapsed and bleeding on the landing of a stairwell in a building located about 200 meters from JR Niigata station.
Ishizawa, who had suffered stab wounds to several locations on her body, was later confirmed dead at a hospital.
A blood-stained knife was retrieved from the scene, police said.