SASEBO —
Police in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, said Sunday they have arrested a 15-year-old high school girl on suspicion of killing a classmate.
According to police, the victim, Aiwa Matsuo, also 15, was visiting the suspect at her apartment when the incident occurred at around 8 p.m. Saturday. TBS quoted police as saying the suspect struck Matsuo on the back of the head more than 10 times with a blunt instrument and strangled her as well. Police said Matsuo’s head had been severed with a large knife and her left hand cut off.
