YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) A 57-year-old Kawasaki man was arrested Saturday after allegedly stabbing his landlord and two of his relatives to death out of an apparent grudge against the family, police said.
Sumitoshi Tsuda was taken into custody on suspicion of using a 20-cm kitchen knife to stab landlord Akihito Shibata, 73, his brother Yoshiaki, 71, and the brother's wife, Toshiko, 68.
Tsuda owned up to the killings but told investigators he had no intent to kill, suggesting the stabbing spree was not premeditated but instigated by quick anger, the police said.