A 52-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday for allegedly fatally stabbing a woman and wounding her daughter at their home in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, the previous day.
Police quoted the suspect, Hiroshi Sono, whom they described as unemployed, as claiming he had been dating the victim, Kyoko Umei, 46, a housewife, and stabbed her because she treated him coldly when he visited her house Tuesday morning.
According to police, Sono went to Umei's house in Sakai at around 10:10 a.m., and stabbed her in the chest and other parts of her body in the entrance hall. Umei later died at a hospital due to loss of blood.
Umei's 21-year-old daughter, Kanna, who rushed to the doorway after hearing her mother scream, was also stabbed by Sono, who escaped on foot. The daughter suffered injuries requiring three weeks to heal, police said.