Cuban arrested in Yokohama for stabbing man at eating establishment
A 46-year-old Cuban citizen was detained in Japan on suspicion of attempted murder after wounding a man with a knife in Yokohama.
Cuban detained in Japan after stabbing in Yokohama
A 46-year-old Cuban citizen was arrested in Japan on suspicion of attempted murder, according to cibercuba.com. The incident occurred at approximately 5:15 in the early morning of Sunday, 11 October, at a food and beverage establishment in the Naka district of Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture.
The victim, a 32-year-old man, sustained a stab wound to the back and was taken to a hospital, where he was receiving medical care at the time the initial reports emerged.
The suspect left the establishment after the incident but voluntarily presented himself to police the following day. "I stabbed him with a knife, but I had no intention of killing him," the detainee stated, according to police information disseminated by Japanese media.
The Kyodo News agency reported that a worker at the establishment alerted the authorities. According to initial investigations, the two men had had an altercation inside the establishment while present as customers. The authorities had not determined whether both men knew each other beforehand or what circumstances triggered the confrontation.
Police are continuing to investigate the relationship between those involved and the motives for the incident.
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