OSAKA – A 17-year-old boy was killed and two other boys were wounded after they were stabbed in Osaka’s Dotombori entertainment district late Saturday, police said.
Ryoga Iwasaki, 21, who fled from the scene on foot, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of murder. The police believe he knew the three victims and that an argument broke out shortly before the attack.
Iwasaki is believed to have regularly visited a hangout spot for young people under Dotombori’s Glico running man sign, one of the city’s most familiar photo backdrops.
“I had no intention to kill,” Iwasaki was quoted as telling the police. He said he wanted to intimidate others with a knife but ended up “stabbing a guy who came toward me in his chest.”
The victim, identified as Ryunosuke Kamada, from Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture, suffered multiple stab wounds, including to the chest, while the two other 17-year-old boys, both from Osaka Prefecture, sustained upper body injuries, the police said.
The police received an emergency call around 11:55 p.m. Saturday reporting that people had been stabbed on the first floor of a building located in an area with many eateries.
At the time, about seven or eight people were present. Iwasaki was spotted by police officers walking on the street in Osaka’s Naniwa Ward at around 10:15 a.m. Sunday and was taken into custody. He was carrying a knife.
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