22-Year-Old Influencer Fatally Stabbed While Livestreaming In Tokyo | rssama.com

A 22-year-old societal media influencer was killed Tuesday aft being stabbed dozens of times while livestreaming successful Tokyo.

The Tokyo constabulary arrested 42-year-old Kenichi Takano connected charges related to nan sidesplitting of nan young influencer, Airi Sato. According to section outlet Kyodo News, nan stabbing occurred erstwhile Sato was livestreaming connected an app called WhoWatch and stepping unsocial astir 9:50 a.m. adjacent nan JR Takadanobaba Station successful Shinjuku Ward.

Local reports bespeak that nan attacker tracked down Sato by looking astatine her surroundings connected her stream. Jiji Press said that Takano learned nan time anterior that Sato would beryllium successful Tokyo.

According to The New York Times, bystanders heard Sato shouting for help. Around nan aforesaid time, Sato’s watercourse “went dark” arsenic sirens rang out, prompting her followers to urgently station “Where did she go?” and “Someone help!”

The New York Times reported that bystanders posted images online of her lying connected nan crushed aft nan attack. Likewise, section outlets reported that nan attacker had besides beaten her arsenic she laic connected nan ground, and appeared to return pictures aliases video of her.

When nan authorities arrived, Sato had stab wounds connected her face, neck, thorax and abdomen, according to section reports. She was past taken to nan hospital, wherever she was pronounced dead.

Takano was arrested while opinionated adjacent to Sato. He allegedly had 2 knives successful his possession, a endurance weapon covered successful humor and different successful his backpack. He admitted to sidesplitting Sato to nan constabulary but claimed that he didn’t mean to, The New York Times reported.

The constabulary charged him connected suspicion of attempted murder, but Jiji reported that nan constabulary intend to up nan complaint to murder.

According to Kyodo News, Takano had been 1 of Sato’s followers since 2021 and began giving her money successful 2022. Takano told constabulary that he lent Sato nan balanced of $13,500, which she ne'er returned.

Kyodo News besides reported that Takano and Sato had antecedently “consulted” pinch constabulary extracurricular of Tokyo.

While Japan is renowned for having debased rates of violence, nan stabbing of Sato mirrors different lawsuit successful which a 33-year-old female influencer was fatally stabbed by a 26-year-old ex, according to The New York Times. The man was sentenced to 17 years down bars.