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Murder suspect: Victim 'happened to be there'

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) A 22-year-old man arrested Tuesday night in the fatal stabbing of a 78-year-old woman in Fukuoka has told police he attacked whoever "happened to be there," investigative sources said Wednesday. Read the full story . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Wed, Apr 16 2008

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