Vietnamese man indicted over robbery-murder in south-west Japan
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TOKYO – A Vietnamese man was indicted on Aug 17 for allegedly killing a woman during a robbery at her home in the south-western Japanese city of Imari in late July.
Dam Duy Khang, a 24-year-old worker under Japan’s technical internship programme, allegedly entered the house in the afternoon of July 26 and stole 11,000 yen (S$96) after threatening Ms Maiko Mukumoto, a 40-year-old Japanese language teacher, and her mother by brandishing a kitchen knife.
He is believed to have tried to take the two women upstairs but attacked them as they resisted.
Ms Mukumoto, who tried to protect her mother, who is in her 70s, suffered stab wounds to her neck and elsewhere, while the mother sustained injuries requiring about one month to heal.
Khang, who lived near the victims in Imari, Saga Prefecture, was arrested the following day. KYODO NEWS
