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“Senseless Bloodshed”: Japanese Police Arrest Suspect in Mass Hamster Killings

From Postimees · () Estonian

Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Japanese police arrested a 36-year-old school employee over the deaths of 30 hamsters at a hotel.
  • Police had detained him several weeks earlier for allegedly trampling 20 other hamsters to death.
  • Authorities said he acted with two women at so-called love hotels, allegedly violating animal-protection laws.

Japanese police have arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with the deaths of 30 hamsters at a hotel. The arrest came several weeks after he was detained over the deaths of another 20 hamsters, which police said he trampled.

The man, a school employee from Iwate Prefecture, allegedly acted with two women at so-called love hotels. Police said the group killed large numbers of hamsters in violation of animal-protection laws.

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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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