A Japanese man awaiting execution on China’s death row has said a male Japanese acquaintance of his was involved in shooting and killing three women on July 30, 1995, at a supermarket in Hachioji, Tokyo, investigative sources said.
Japanese investigators are asking the Chinese side to allow them to interrogate the 66-year-old man, the sources said.
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