Japanese police arrest man over Filipina's mutilation
Agence France-Presse, INQUIRER.net
First Posted 20:23:00 04/07/2008
TOKYO--(UPDATE) Japanese police said Monday they had arrested a man in connection with the death of a Filipina whose body was cut up into pieces.
Police arrested Hiroshi Nozaki, 48, on suspicion of mutilating the body of 22-year-old Honiefaith Ratilia Kamiosawa earlier this month.
In his report to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Philippine Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon Jr. said his office is coordinating with the Tokyo police, which is investigating the suspected killing and mutilation.
Police said the victim's coworker had reported seeing the man with part of the dismembered body at an apartment that they shared in Tokyo.
"The coworker thought it was suspicious that the victim did not turn up at work. She went to the apartment, where she saw the human body pieces," a police spokesman said.
Nozaki was taken into custody late Sunday, after trying to commit suicide on a street in a Tokyo suburb by slitting his wrist, police said.
"Investigators found a scribbled note and a key he was carrying to a baggage locker where they found part of a human body," he said, adding that the suspect was not seriously injured and was refusing to talk to police.
Local media reported that the victim, a food service worker in the Roppongi entertainment district, was cut into more than 10 pieces that were put into plastic bags inside a suitcase in the locker at the World Trade Center, but her head had not yet been found.
According to Siazon, the victim's cousin, who lived with her, and the victim's mother are in police protective custody.
With reports from Veronica Uy, INQUIRER.net
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