Woman arrested in Japan for sewing shut housemate's lips
- TOKYO: Japanese police arrested a woman near Tokyo for allegedly sewing shut the lips of her housemate, officials said Thursday (Jul 9).
- The 42-year-old female victim escaped the house in the city of Koga, rushed to a nearby shop and held up a piece of paper that read "please help me", Makoto Hiyama, a senior local police official, told AFP.
- Police in the eastern prefecture of Ibaraki - where Koga is located - later arrested 49-year-old Masae Sakurai "on suspicion of assault," according to a prefectural police spokesman.
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- TOKYO: Japanese police arrested a woman near Tokyo for allegedly sewing shut the lips of her housemate, officials said Thursday (Jul 9).
- The 42-year-old female victim escaped the house in the city of Koga, rushed to a nearby shop and held up a piece of paper that read "please help me", Makoto Hiyama, a senior local police official, told AFP.
- Police in the eastern prefecture of Ibaraki - where Koga is located - later arrested 49-year-old Masae Sakurai "on suspicion of assault," according to a prefectural police spokesman.
Sources: CNA