岩手县泷泽市警方逮捕了一名36岁男子和一名19岁女子，理由是他们涉嫌违反《动物爱护及管理法》。二人被控于2月中旬在一家酒店内虐杀20多只仓鼠，并拍摄了相关过程。
嫌疑人分别为宫古水产高中职员木村元纪（Motonori Kimura），以及一名居无定所的19岁无业女子。由于该女子为未成年人，其姓名未予公开。
据警方调查，二人通过社交媒体商定虐待行为的具体日期和时间。今年早些时候，有关部门收到举报称木村存在虐待动物行为，随即展开了调查。
木村于2022年4月入职该校，在实习船“里亚斯丸”（Riasu-maru）上担任负责餐饮服务的船员。自6月2日校方收到县警方通报该事件以来，他已未再上船工作。
Police in Izumo have arrested a 49-year-old man on suspicion of abandoning two bodies believed to be those of his father and brother.
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Police in Oita City, Oita Prefecture, have re-arrested a 58-year-old man on suspicion of killing an 18-year-old girl in March. The man was initially arrested on April 12 for abandoning her body. The girl was last seen leaving home at 11:30 p.m. on March 2.
Police in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, arrested a 51-year-old unemployed man on Friday for the suspected murder of his 41-year-old former girlfriend and her 76-year-old mother last month. Teruyuki Sugihira, from Sakai City, admitted stabbing Yuka Murakami and hinted at killing her mother Kazuko on April 8. The pair had dated for over eight years until around March this year.
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Four teens have been held over a robbery-murder case in Tochigi in which a 69-year-old woman was stabbed to death. The boys are suspected of meeting the alleged masterminds on the day of the crime.