At 1.35pm on Monday (1 Sept), police in Tokyo, Japan, received an alert that a woman was lying in a pool of blood and that a man had fled the scene.
The South Korean woman in her 40s was in a Setagaya residential neighbourhood for work when she had her throat slashed.
The attacker, a man from South Korea believed to be her lover, had flown into Japan and confronted her for trying to break up with him.
Source: Kyodo News
The victim was then rushed to the hospital, where she was eventually pronounced dead.
Around three hours later, a South Korean man in his 30s was arrested at Haneda Airport in connection with the murder.
He was found with blood on his clothing.
According to Yonhap News, the woman had sought help from Japanese authorities last month, saying that the man had assaulted her.
On 29 Aug, she said her boyfriend, who had flown from South Korea to Japan, attacked her after she tried to break up with him.
The following day, police visited the woman’s home and warned the man to leave her alone.
Source: FNNプライムオンライン on YouTube
They also told him to find a different place of residence during his stay in Japan.
The man informed police that he would go sightseeing in Osaka before returning to South Korea, according to Yomiuri Shimbun.
However, he still returned to the woman’s house.
Police officers then accompanied the man to Narita Airport, where he went through security.
Now detained by police, the man is exercising his right to remain silent as the investigation continues.
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Featured image adapted from Kyodo News and FNNプライムオンライン on YouTube.