Monday, January 3, 2011

74-yr-old man held for killing 71-yr-old wife

TOKYO — Police have arrested a 74-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 71-year-old wife at their home in Tachikawa, Tokyo, on Saturday. Police said Sunday that they received a call at around 10 a.m. from Toshiaki Hirota, saying that he had just killed his wife.
When police arrived, they found Hirota’s wife Hisae on a bed, bleeding from stab wounds to her chest. She was taken to hospital where she died a short time later.
During police questioning, Hirota was quoted as saying: “We hadn’t been getting on for
a while. She would flare up over the tiniest thing.”

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