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An 18-year-old girl temporarily abducted by her former boyfriend in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, had consulted police on about 10 occasions regarding his use of violence against her, and planned to file a police report Wednesday, the day he fatally stabbed her sister and a female friend, police said. According to the police, the youth, 18, confined his former girlfriend Saya Nanbu in a car and took her around the city and the neighboring city of Higashi-Matsushima after fatally stabbing her sister Misa, 20, and her friend Mikako Omori, 18, at about 6:40 a.m. at Saya's house. Saya was found to have suffered slight injury to her leg when the police found them and arrested the youth at about 1 p.m. that day. (Yomiuri)

An 18-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly stabbing two women to death and injuring a man at a house in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, and abducting his former girlfriend, police said. While rescuing the abducted Saya Nambu, 18, the police arrested the man, from Ishinomaki, and a 17-year-old boy who was with him, both on suspicion of abducting a minor and keeping her captive, the police said. The abducted woman, who had contacted the police last year saying she was being stalked and assaulted by the man, has sustained minor injuries. (AP)