Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Man suspected of killing 9-year-old granddaughter

TOKYO — Police said Tuesday that a man in his 60s is suspected of strangling to death his 9-year-old granddaughter and then trying to kill himself at their home in Tokyo’s Machida. According to police, the man lived with his son and his daughter. Fuji TV reported that the father returned home from working a night shift at about 9 a.m. and found his daughter, clad in her pajamas, lying on a futon. She had apparently been strangled to death. The man found his father in another room, where he had slit his wrists and tried to hang himself, police said. Police said the grandfather was taken to hospital where his condition is not life-threatening. He was quoted as saying that he killed the girl, Fuji reported.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-suspected-of-killing-9-year-old-granddaughter

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