Intimidating attitude, glaring at the camera… 61-year-old man “breaks into a house and stabs a resident in the neck with a screwdriver” – horrifying photo taken just after his arrest.

Wrong.”

A large man came out of the police station’s escort door and gave an intimidating attitude to the press. The suspect glared at the camera with sharp eyes. The photo above shows him in a horrified state at the time of his arrest.

On March 18, the Sakura Police Station of the Chiba Prefectural Police arrested Yuichi Kiuchi, 61, a self-proclaimed unemployed resident of Yachimata City, Chiba Prefecture, on suspicion of attempted murder. It was around noon on the same day that a resident of Yachimata City called 110 to report the incident.

A neighbor broke in and stabbed my husband in the neck.

A police officer who arrived at the caller’s home subdued Kiuchi, who was at the scene.

Kiuchi apparently suddenly broke into the residence and stabbed a 43-year-old male resident of the house in the neck with a screwdriver-like tool. The male victim was immediately taken to the hospital, but fortunately his injuries were minor. However, depending on where he was stabbed, he could have lost his life.

There have been a series of similar incidents in Yachimachi City. At least three people have been injured in a series of reports of a “man on the rampage” and “stabbing. Kiuchi was often in trouble with neighbors, and the police believe that he may have been involved in all of these incidents. Kiuchi has denied committing the crimes, saying that he is mistaken,'” said a reporter from the society section of a national newspaper.

Former Kanagawa Prefectural Police detective and crime journalist Taihei Ogawa explains.

The first is whether or not there was a neighborhood problem serious enough to cause the suspect to have the intent to kill. If the attempted murder occurred as a result of the trouble, it would be necessary to investigate the detailed relationship between the suspect and the residents. This is an examination of whether the trouble could have been resolved before it became an incident.

The second is about the individual suspect. The suspect may have been trapped both physically and mentally due to poverty and family relationships. That is no reason to suddenly attack multiple people, but I think we need to carefully conduct a psychological evaluation.

The crime scene is located in a quiet residential area about 4 km southwest of JR Yachimata Station. The police are investigating the details of how an attempted murder occurred in such a peaceful neighborhood.