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Kobe 'Fūzoku' Establishment Sees Double Fatality: Knife Found, Both Victims Stabbed

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A man and a woman were found dead in a "fūzoku" (adult entertainment) establishment in Kobe, Japan, with both sustaining stab wounds.
  • Police discovered a knife at the scene and are investigating the incident as a potential homicide, with the victims identified as a female employee and a male customer in their 30s.
  • The room was locked from the inside, and initial reports suggest the woman was attending to the customer when the incident occurred.

A suspected homicide has shaken Kobe, Japan, after a female employee and a male customer were discovered dead inside a "fūzoku" establishment. Both individuals, in their 30s, sustained stab wounds to their upper bodies, according to local media reports.

Police were alerted on the evening of June 28 when a male employee entered the room after a client's session had ended. He found both the woman and the man unresponsive and immediately contacted authorities. Both were transported to a Kobe city hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

The scene in the room, which was reportedly locked from the inside, indicated the woman was with the customer at the time of the incident. A knife was recovered from the premises. The Hyogo Prefectural Police are treating the case as a potential criminal act and are working to identify the victims and determine the sequence of events leading to their deaths.

Further details regarding the investigation into the identities of the deceased and the circumstances surrounding their deaths are pending.

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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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