A 49-year-old woman in Japan is arrested on suspicion of injuring her 42-year-old roommate by allegedly sewing the woman’s lips together with a needle and thread, according to local police. Police say the alleged incident happened at the suspect’s home in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on June 29. The suspect, identified in reports as Masae Sakurai, had been living with the injured woman since around April 2025, after which the injured woman reported the incident to authorities. The injured woman tells police she was “too scared to run away” before the incident. She later fled and sought help. Reports state that Sakurai was arrested on Monday. Police are investigating the case and the circumstances leading up to the alleged assault, including the nature of the relationship between the two women and the events on the day of the injury. Authorities have not publicly confirmed a motive in the accounts provided by the outlets.
Woman arrested in Japan for allegedly sewing roommate’s lips together
A 49-year-old woman in Japan is arrested on suspicion of injuring her 42-year-old roommate by allegedly sewing the woman’s lips together with a needle and thread, according to local police. Police say...
- A 49-year-old woman is arrested in Japan on suspicion of injuring a 42-year-old roommate.
- Police say the alleged attack occurred at the suspect’s home in Ibaraki Prefecture on June 29.
- Reports say the injured woman’s lips were allegedly sewn together with a needle and thread.
- The two women had been living together since around April 2025.
- The injured woman told police she was “too scared to run away” before the incident and later fled.
TOKYO, Japan—A 49-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly sewing together the lips of a woman she was living with, according to local police. Masae Sakurai, a part-time worker living in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of injuring the 42-year-old woman by sewing her lips together with a needle and thread at Sakurai’s house on June 29. The 42-year-old, who had been living with Sakurai since around April 2025, told the police that she “had been too scared to run away” before the incident, according to the police. The injured woman fled to a […]...Keep on reading: Woman in Japan nabbed for allegedly sewing roommate's lips together
3 hours agoA 49-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly sewing together the lips of a woman she was living with, according to local police. Masae Sakurai, a part-time worker living in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of injuring the 42-year-old woman by sewing her lips together with a needle and thread at Sakurai’s house on June 29. The 42-year-old, who had been living with Sakurai since around April 2025, told the police that she “had been too scared to...
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