What happened to the two Vietnamese? "I was wiping" something "in the back" Terror told by a taxi driver Asahikawa stabbing case

UHB Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting

On February 27, there was an incident in which a Vietnamese man was stabbed to death by a man at JR Asahikawa Station in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido. The man fled and was later arrested, but the incident on public transport has sparked widespread turmoil. Reporter Kazuki Nakata: "Asahikawa station has a restricted line, and the atmosphere is grim. Currently, investigators are interviewing a person who is believed to be a witness." "Stabbing case" using. At the scene, there was an uproar at one point in the station premises of JR Asahikawa Station, which is a place for citizens to relax. Eyewitness: "I was watching a video on my phone while I was waiting to get on the highway bus, and the victim was next to me. I thought I heard a voice, and when I looked, an incident occurred." The incident took place on the first floor of JR Asahikawa Station. It is near the toilet on the north concourse on the station square side.

Inside JR Asahikawa Station where the incident occurred

Around 4:40 pm on the 27th, a man sitting on a bench was suddenly stabbed in the neck with a knife. The man then left the station and fled. What the man used to escape was... Reporter Yuki Mikami: "The man rushed from the back to this gas station and got into a taxi that was filling up with gas." A man getting into a taxi at a gas station. At the time, the man was said to be in a hurry.

You can see a "man" getting into a taxi

　Gas station employee: "A man came over and tried to get in. There was no driver, so I said 'Wait. Around 5:00 pm, about 20 minutes after the incident, a nearby camera caught a person who appeared to be a man on the run, rushing into the building. Person from the taxi company that picked up the suspect: "In the back of the car, he's wiping his hands or something. He's looking at his phone, but he's wiping it hard, over and over again... Trash can. I feel like I'm throwing something away with all my might." 　The man was arrested by the police after 7:00 pm, about two and a half hours after the incident. Nguyen Ngoc Tung (24), a construction worker from Asahikawa City and a Vietnamese technical intern, was arrested. It is suspected that he stabbed Tan Van Gia (35), who is believed to be an acquaintance, several times in the neck and other parts of the body with a knife.

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