Hamamatsu 'girls bar' stabbing suspect drove victim to crime scene
Police arrested 41-year-old Yamashita Ichiro early on Sunday in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, at an establishment known in Japan as a "girls bar."
They say Yamashita entered the bar carrying two knives known as "kukri," with curved blades.
They say he first stabbed the 27-year-old manager, Takeuchi Tomoka, multiple times in the back and then stabbed one of the employees, 26-year-old Ito Rin, outside the bar. Both women were later confirmed dead.
Police have since learned that Yamashita drove Ito to the bar, even though she was not scheduled to work that day.
They say he may have threatened Ito to accompany him to the bar. Police say Yamashita was a regular at the establishment.
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