49-Year-Old Woman in Ibaraki Arrested After Sewing Roommate’s Lips
New details: the 42-year-old victim fled to a nearby store with a note reading “please help me,” and police arrested the suspect Monday.
Police in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, arrested Masae Sakurai, 49, after she allegedly sewed her roommate’s lips shut with a needle and thread. The incident is said to have occurred on June 29 at their home in Koga, near Tokyo. The victim, a 42-year-old woman, later ran to a nearby store and asked staff to call police. According to police official Makoto Hiyama, the victim also carried a piece of paper reading “please help me”. The victim told police her lips were sewn shut after Sakurai became angry over an unspecified problem. Police have not said whether the suspect has admitted the allegations and are still investigating whether anyone else was in the house at the time.