Fan Stabs Japanese Pop Star Dozens Of Times

[yuiyoshida]

A young Japanese pop star is in a critical condition after she was stabbed dozens of times by an obsessive fan for apparently refusing a gift.

Mayu Tomita, 20, was repeatedly knifed in the neck and chest as she waited to appear at a small concert venue in Koganei, Tokyo, according to local reports.

Tokyo police said a 27-year-old man, Tomohiro Iwazaki, was arrested at the scene by officers, who seized a blood-covered knife.

Sources quoted Iwazaki as saying he had stabbed the singer because she had returned a present he had sent her.

Prior to the attack on Saturday, she had reportedly complained to police that the suspect had been stalking her online.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/fan-stabs-japanese-pop-star-dozens-times-083202090.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw

[First Speaker]

1. The Chapman Syndrome...

...it must be exhilarating and terrifying to be a celebrity in today's world. This particular nightmare must lie not-so-deeply in the mind of all of them...I wish Mayu well...

[onehandle]

2. In America she would have been shot dead.

Thank God for gun control in Japan.