2 Women Found Bleeding at Saitama Elderly Care Facility Die

Saitama, Oct. 15 (Jiji Press)–Two female residents of an elderly care facility in Tsurugashima in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, were confirmed dead Wednesday morning, hours after they were found bleeding and unconscious there. At around 4:55 a.m., an emergency call from the facility reported the two women lying injured. They were taken to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Investigating the case as a possible murder, the Saitama prefectural police department apprehended a former facility employee in his 20s on Wednesday morning. The man was detained on a street about 250 meters from the facility. He made statements hinting at attacking the women, according to the police. Security camera footage from the facility captured a suspicious person leaving the area, prompting police to search for the individual on suspicion of involvement in the incident. According to the police, a facility employee on night patrol found the two victims, believed to be in their 80s and 90s. One lived in a private room on the fourth floor and the other on the fifth floor. Both were bleeding from their heads, the police said. The facility, located in a residential area, is about 300 meters south of Wakaba Station on the Tobu Tojo Line. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]