Filipina stabbed to death on Yokohama street; 33-year-old suspect surrenders to police

YOKOHAMA — A 33-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of fatally stabbing a Filipina woman on a sidewalk in Yokohama.

According to the Tobe Police Station of Kanagawa Prefecture, suspect Sachio Ando, ​​​​33, stabbed the 57-year-old victim around 7:40 p.m. Sunday in Nishi Ward of Yokohama. The woman lived in the neighborhood.

The suspect allegedly stabbed the woman several times in the upper body. She was taken to hospital where she was confirmed dead.

Ando went to a police station in Koban, near the west exit of Yokohama Station, around 11 p.m. on Sunday. He told investigators he had stabbed someone.

According to the police station, Ando and the victim did not know each other. Investigators confiscated a blade and were examining the motive for the crime.