In Dotonbori, a major tourist destination in Osaka, Japan that is popular among South Korean tourists, three teenagers were stabbed with a weapon, leaving one dead and two injured.
According to local media outlets including the Asahi Shimbun on the 16th, a report that "a person has been stabbed" was filed at around midnight the previous day at the entrance on the first floor of a building near Shinsaibashisuji Street in Osaka. Police dispatched to the scene found three 17-year-old boys who had been stabbed with a weapon and transported them to a hospital, but one of them ultimately died.
A view of the Glico Running Man billboard in Dotonbori, one of Osaka, Japan's representative tourist attractions. Photo by Yonhap News
The crime scene is located near the large billboard of Ezaki Glico, a confectionery company, which features a running man. The area is famous as a spot where tourists visiting Osaka take commemorative photos, but it is also known that there is a nearby hangout where delinquent youths with nowhere to go tend to gather.
On the same morning, police arrested the suspect, a 21-year-old man, on an emergency warrant on a road about 1.5 kilometers from the scene. The suspect is said to have frequently gone back and forth through the youth hangout area near the Glico billboard and to have been acquainted with the three victims who were stabbed.
The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the suspect told police, "I only meant to threaten them," and "I did not intend to kill."
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