TOKYO – A 30-year-old South Korean man was arrested on Sept 2 o n suspicion of killing his girlfriend by slashing her throat in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward the previous day.

Ms Bang Ji Won, a 40-year-o ld South Korean woman, died after she was found with her throat slashed on the afternoon of Sept 1, an investigative source said.

The police received an emergency call from a bystander at around 1.35pm local time that day reporting that a woman covered in blood had collapsed on a street and a man had fled the scene. She was taken to hospital unconscious and later pronounced dead.

The suspect, Park Yongjun, was detained at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on the afternoon of Sept 1 in connection with the killing of Ms Bang. He has so far refused to answer questions.

Park and Ms Bang were in a relationship, but she had consulted the police in Tokyo on Aug 29, saying she was beaten after telling him she wanted to break up.

Officers advised her to stay at a home of an acquaintance and told Park – who had arrived in Tokyo earlier in August – to stay away from her.

The suspect was spotted near her home on Aug 30 , prompting the police to warn him against trying to contact her. The police escorted Park, who had a plane ticket to South Korea, to Haneda Airport, but were unable to keep track of his whereabouts.

The incident took place in a residential neighbourhood about 500m north-east of Komazawa University station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi line. KYODO

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