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Woman arrested after stabbing sleeping husband and setting fire to his futon Dec. 22, 2020 05:29 am JST Dec. 22, 2020 | 01:12 pm JST OSAKA
Police in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, have arrested a 45-year-old woman on suspicion of attempted murder and arson after she stabbed her 50-year-old husband and set fire to his futon as he slept.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 3 a.m. Sunday, Fuji TV reported. The woman, Michiyo Katsuura stabbed her husband in the stomach and then used a cigarette lighter to set fire to his futon. Katsuura’s mother, who lives with the couple, saw flames coming from the second-floor bedroom and called 119.