THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 1, 2021 at 16:37 JST
An artist’s sketch of Hirobumi Komatsu during his trial at the Mito District Court over the deaths of his wife and five children (Sayaka Ebihara)
MITO--The Mito District Court on June 30 rejected a mental-incompetency defense and sentenced a man to death for murdering his wife and their five children and setting the bodies on fire. [Read More]
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