An employee at a nursing home in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, injured a female resident by trying to strangle her, according to city officials.

The male worker in his 30s, who was fired as of July 7, had been employed at Amiyu Toyonaka Hozumi, a facility run by the same group that has seen three elderly residents fall to their death from balconies at S Amiyu Kawasaki Saiwai-cho in the city of Kawasaki.

The Toyonaka Municipal Government has banned Amiyu Toyonaka Hozumi from accepting new residents for six months beginning Oct. 1.