Yusuke Tsushima is accused of indiscriminately wielding a weapon in the subway and injuring 10 people. [사진출처 = 연합뉴스]
A man in his 30s who was handed over to trial for indiscriminately wielding a weapon and injuring 10 people in a Japanese subway admitted the charges in the first trial.
According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the first trial of Yusuke Tsushima (37), who is accused of attempted murder, was held at the Tokyo District Court on the 27th.
The Tsushima side acknowledged the charges, but denied some of the intentionality of the murder, insisting that there was room for dispute at the trial.
Previously, on August 6, 2021, at 8:30 pm, Tsushima stabbed a woman in her 20s in the back and chest several times with a weapon on an audition train that ran through the Setagaya section of Tokyo, and stabbed two other passengers in the stomach to kill them. be accused
As a result of this incident, a woman in her 20s suffered serious injuries for 3 months and the other two passengers suffered injuries for 1-2 weeks.
About 10 other passengers were also reported to have sustained minor injuries.
After the crime, Tsushima got off an emergency train and fled along the tracks, and was caught by the police at a convenience store 6 km away from the scene at around 10:00 pm, about an hour and a half later.
At the time, Tsushima is known to have told a convenience store employee, “I’m the culprit of the incident that’s on the news now,” and “I’m tired of running away.”
During the police investigation, he stated, “All the women I’ve met have looked down on me,” and “I wanted to kill a happy woman six years ago.”
Tsushima said, “I thought I was unhappy alone and wanted to kill a lot of people.
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2023-06-28 01:01:57
