OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 26-year-old for allegedly kidnapping three college ladies. After the 4 took giant portions of over-the-counter medicine, one of many ladies died, stories the Mainichi Shimbun (Sept. 5).
On September 4, police accused Hikaru Kosaka, of no recognized occupation, of taking the three teenage ladies, in center and highschool, to his residence within the Tachibanacho space of Higashiosaka Metropolis two days earlier than, stories the Mainichi Shimbun (Sept. 5).
Kosaka reportedly acknowledged, “I invited the three [girls] to my home. I assumed I had their mother and father’ permission.”
Kosaka informed police that he and three ladies took giant quantities of over-the-counter medicine on the evening of the September 2. Thereafter, one highschool lady ingested about 30 to 40 tablets of cough suppressant.
At round 1:00 p.m. on September 3, the highschool lady, who’s believed to have been in a relationship with Kosaka, seen that her cheeks and palms had been chilly whereas mendacity on a futon within the suspect’s residence. Kosaka then known as emergency providers. She was later confirmed useless at a hospital.
The outcomes of an post-mortem revealed that the reason for dying was acute drug poisoning on account of an overdose, police stated.
“We shoplifted cough suppressants and took giant quantities collectively,” Kosaka informed police. Drug packages had been discovered within the suspect’s residence, and it’s believed that the 4 of them took a complete of about 80 tablets.
There have been no abnormalities within the bodily situation of the opposite two college ladies or the suspect. Police are at the moment questioning the suspects about how the highschool lady died.
Gurishita
This observe of taking giant quantities of cough suppressants appears to be widespread amongst younger girls and boys who collect the Dotonbori space of Osaka Metropolis.
They’re often called “Gurishita,” which mixes the title of sweet model Glico and the phrase shita (down). The moniker is a reference to the favored assembly place under a Glico commercial in Dotonbori.
When TV Asahi visited the realm on September 5, a reporter was capable of speak to a person who stated he knew somebody who known as himself “Hikaru,” the identical title because the suspect.
“He got here right here below the title Hikaru,” the person says. “He will not be a wise individual, however he’s a fairly stable man.”
Do you know the lady who died?
“She was very variety and took excellent care of me. It may need been my fault. I’m sorry,” the says the person, who was in contact together with her by way of Instagram.
It isn’t recognized how Kosaka and the highschool lady began relationship.
