Aug 29 (Kyodo) - A teenage boy was arrested Friday as a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a woman in her 20s at a shopping mall in southwestern Japan, police said.
The boy, who claimed to be 15 years old, was arrested at the site on suspicion of violating the weapons control law in connection with the stabbing.
The victim was found bleeding in a women's room located on the ground floor of the shopping mall in Fukuoka City following a report to police of a knife-wielding man seen at around 7:30 p.m.
The woman was taken to a hospital, but later pronounced dead.
Source: ANNnewsCH
