In the Setagaya Ward of Tokyo, a 40-year-old South Korean woman was brutally slashed in the throat on a broad daylight street. At around 1:30 p.m., the local police received an alarm from a passerby, saying, "There is a bloodstained woman lying on the road and can't get up." The police rushed to the scene, but it was too late to save her life. The woman was taken to the hospital and was confirmed dead before 3 p.m.
The horror of this case lies in the fact that it did not occur in a dark corner, but in a residential area of Setagaya Ward, an area next to National Highway 246 and surrounded by primary schools and kindergartens. The roads where children go to school and the living areas of parents were actually torn apart by bloody violence in broad daylight. Neighbors said frankly that they "simply couldn't believe it", and many parents received notices from schools that they must pick up their children after school and must not let their children pass by the scene alone. The whole community suddenly fell into a high state of tension.
After the incident, the suspect was not arrested on the spot, but quickly fled the scene. The whereabouts of this man were once a mystery. The police launched a large-scale operation and carefully searched the vegetation along the national highway, suspecting that he might have discarded the murder weapon. As soon as the news came out, the whole city was on alert. The residents of Setagaya Ward were still in shock, and speculations on social media about "whether the suspect is still wandering on the street" went viral.
Just as the tense atmosphere was heating up, a dramatic scene occurred - the suspect actually appeared at Haneda Airport! This is the core international gateway of Tokyo, with tens of thousands of passengers coming and going every day. Once the suspect mingled with the crowd, it would bring unimaginable security risks.
At 5:45 p.m., in the departure hall of Terminal 3 of Haneda Airport, passengers witnessed a man in black top and pants being surrounded by several suspected plainclothes police officers. The man kept shouting loudly. It was impossible to understand what he was shouting, but it was certain that it was not Japanese. The scene 僵持 for a full 30 minutes! Passing passengers were dumbfounded, and many stopped to watch, and the atmosphere was tense.
Finally, at around 6:30 p.m., the man was forcibly escorted out of the hall by several police officers and stuffed into a police vehicle parked outside and taken away. The police have not yet publicly confirmed the identity of this man, but many media have reported that he is the fugitive in the Setagaya Ward murder case.
The news instantly set the Internet on fire: "How dare he flee to the airport!" "What if he got on a plane?" "Fortunately, he was caught, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable." The Tokyo police chased from the street where the crime occurred to the international airport in just a few hours, staging a real-life "manhunt" that once made the whole city jittery.
Behind this case, there are more thought-provoking details emerging. According to the police's preliminary investigation, the victimized woman was a self-employed South Korean, and there seemed to be a "personal conflict" between her and the suspect. This means that this was not a random attack, but more likely a targeted violent incident. But even so, the suspect chose to strike on a street in broad daylight, which shows his madness and cruelty.
The blood at the crime scene has not been cleaned up yet, and residents feel a lingering fear when passing by. The nearby primary and secondary schools and even after-school tutoring classes have all urgently issued notices requiring that children must be picked up and dropped off by their parents. Many parents looked solemn when they arrived at the school, and many said frankly, "We thought such things would only happen in TV news, but we didn't expect it to be right at our doorstep."
At the same time, the sudden arrest at Haneda Airport also allowed a large number of passengers to witness this real-life thriller. Someone posted a photo of the scene on a social platform with the caption, "I was so scared to see the police arresting someone at the airport! I didn't expect it to be a murderer." Another person sighed, "I almost took the same flight as the suspect. It's scary to think about it."
How will this case develop? What exactly happened between the suspect and the victim? The police's follow-up investigation results may uncover more unknown inside stories...
