TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police launched a manhunt for a suspect in his 50s after a man was stabbed to death on a street in Fussa City early on Sunday, reports TV Asahi (Oct. 18).
At approximately 2:30 a.m., an emergency call alerted police that a man had been stabbed and his assailant had fled the scene.
Officers rushing to the location found the victim, a man believed to be in his 40s, collapsed on the street. He had sustained a severe wound to his chest inflicted by a knife-like object.
The victim was immediately transported to a nearby hospital but was later pronounced dead.
According to investigators, the attacker is believed to be a man in his 50s who was acquainted with the victim.
Police are treating the fatal attack as a murder and are currently tracking the whereabouts of the suspect, who remains at large.