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(回答先: 小６女児、首切られ死亡 学校内、同級生に カッターナイフで 長崎・佐世保市（西日本新聞） 投稿者 シジミ 日時 2004 年 6 月 01 日 18:40:32)
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http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1274&storyid=1417694
Girl slits classmate's throat
By Audrey McAvoy in Tokyo
June 2, 2004
AN 11-year-old girl led a fellow sixth-grader to an empty classroom during their lunch hour, slit her neck and arms with a box-cutter, and left her to bleed to death.
The grisly murder at an elementary school in southern Japan yesterday sent shockwaves through the local community, leaving many asking how such a tragedy could strike in their midst.
Police identified the victim as Satomi Mitarai, 12.
They said she died of massive blood loss after being slashed in the neck and arms with a retractable knife used to cut paper and boxes.
Authorities took her attacker into custody for questioning soon after the assault at Okubo Elementary School in Sasebo, 980 kilometres southwest of Tokyo.
They did not release the assailant's name, according to Japanese legal protections for juvenile offenders.
Mitarai's father, Kyoji, said he rushed to the school after receiving a call that his daughter was hurt.
"When I arrived, Satomi was already lying there collapsed. I couldn't believe what I was seeing," Kyoji Mitarai told reporters. "I can't put in words what I'm feeling right now. I can't understand it at all. I don't have a clue."
He added that his daughter never spoke of disagreements with her classmates and appeared to get along well with them.
Mitarai's bleeding body was discovered in a third-floor classroom by a teacher who called police.
Emergency medical workers said they arrived at the scene to find her lying face down on the floor, unconscious. She wasn't breathing and her heart had already stopped, said Kazuyoshi Tominaga of the Sasebo Central Fire Department.
The attacker, who police called "Girl A," had called Mitarai out of their classroom as lunch time was beginning and took her to another room around the corner. In Japan, lunch is commonly taken in classrooms.
The girls' teacher said she first noticed something was wrong when the two were missing, public broadcaster NHK reported. Shortly after, "Girl A" returned, smeared with blood.
Police said she confessed to the murder and said, sobbing, "I have done a bad thing." Authorities have not found a motive.
Serious juvenile crimes have become a rising concern in Japan in recent years.
Last July, a 12-year-old boy in Nagasaki - a city just north of Sasebo - was accused of kidnapping, molesting and murdering a four-year-old by shoving him off the roof of a car garage.
In the same month, a 14-year-old boy was arrested for beating a 13-year-old classmate to death in Okinawa.
Just three years ago, lawmakers lowered the age of criminal responsibility to 14 from 16 amid public outrage over the brutal beheading of a 10-year-old boy by a 14-year-old in 1997. Last year's Nagasaki murder led many to wonder whether the line should be lowered again.
Despite the concern, however, violent juvenile crimes remain rare. The 1,986 "heinous crimes" - murder, robbery, arson and rape - committed by minors in 2002 represented just 1.4 per cent of all youth offences, according to the National Police Agency.
Education officials said schools would be offering students counselling after the Sasebo slashing.
"Doctors and school counsellors will offer help if needed," said Koichi Tsurusaki, the head of the Sasebo Education Committee. "Many asked for help after last year's Nagasaki incident, so we'd like the counsellors to direct the response."
Satomi's father said he would continue to seek an explanation.
"I don't know what went on between the two. She is the same grade in school as my daughter, so I don't know how much she understands," Kyoji Mitarai said. "But when things settle down, I'd like for her to explain what happened."
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