US EditionMan arrested in Kobe stabbing had been staying at hotel near victim’s home
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[Yomiuri Shimbun] In the case of the stabbing death of office worker Megumi Katayama (24), a resident of an apartment in Chuo Ward, Kobe, suspect Masashi Tanimoto (35) (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo), who was arrested on suspicion of murder, has been staying at a hotel in Chuo Ward since the 17th, three days before the incident, according to investigators.
Investigators learned on the 25th that Masashi Tanimoto (35), a company employee from Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, who was arrested on suspicion of murder in the case of Megumi Katayama (24), a company employee who was stabbed to death with a knife at an apartment in Kobe's Chuo Ward on the night of the 20th, is believed to have taken a taxi from the area near the scene after the incident. The Hyogo Prefectural Police Fukiai Police Station Investigati…
In an interview with investigators on the 25th, it was revealed that Masashi Tanimoto (35), who was arrested on suspicion of murder in the case where resident Megumi Katayama (24) was stabbed to death in an apartment in Chuo Ward, Kobe, had planned to stay at a hotel near the scene on the night of the incident.
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