男女4人刺傷「母親が亡くなり疲れていた」容疑者の男知る人が証言　銃刀法違反の疑いで送検　大分

Regarding the news of the incident in Saiki City, Oita Prefecture on the 13th, in which four people were stabbed and injured, the man arrested on suspicion of violating the Swords and Firearms Control Law for possessing a knife was sent to the prosecutor's office on the 14th. Interviews with people in the surrounding area are gradually revealing the suspect's movements at the time. ◆TOS Reporter Ippei Watanabe "The car carrying suspect Noshita is entering the Oita District Public Prosecutor's Office." The man sent to the prosecutor's office today on suspicion of violating the Swords and Firearms Control Law is Hiroshi Noshita, a 44-year-old physical therapist residing in Saiki City. Noshita was arrested on the morning of the 13th, shortly after 10:00 AM, at a hospital in Saiki City, for possessing a kitchen knife with a blade approximately 18 centimeters long without a legitimate reason. On the 13th, four people, ranging in age from their teens to their 80s, were stabbed and injured by a man in the parking lot of a rental shop in Kijima-cho, Saiki City, and the surrounding area, with two seriously injured. At the time, a man was seen loitering in the area with a knife. ◆Eyewitness account: "He raised his right hand high and was shaking it rapidly, so I wondered what he was doing and looked, and it was a knife. He wasn't swinging the knife around, but rather shaking it rapidly with his wrist, walking along as if showing off the knife. I think it was probably after the crime." Another person at a shop that Noshita frequented said, "His mother passed away a few months ago. He seemed tired around that time." According to investigators, Noshita has admitted to stabbing the victim, but he did not know the victim. Police are investigating the case as attempted murder as well.