Monday, May 20, 2013

Osaka man arrested for beating elderly father to death

OSAKA — Police on Monday said they have arrested a 41-year-old man after he allegedly beat his father to death at his home. The accused, who has been named as Nobuhiko Hino, threw water at his 85-year-old father while he was asleep before punching him in the face and stomach on Sunday, Fuji TV quoted police as saying. He then called police himself at 3:10 p.m. to report the attack. The victim, Toshi Hino, was taken to hospital where he was confirmed dead. Officers arrested Nobuhiko at the scene on a charge of assault and upgraded it to manslaughter on Monday. During police questioning, Hino was quoted as saying, “I had been helping my father at work and we’d had a fight. I was feeling stressed, so I hit him.”

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/osaka-man-arrested-for-beating-elderly-father-to-death

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