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Three killed, boy's arms severed in Tokyo - report
11 Feb 2008 09:48:25 GMT
Source: Reuters
TOKYO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Three people were found apparently stabbed to death and a fourth with his arms severed in a house in northeast Tokyo on Monday, Kyodo news agency said.

A woman in her eighties and two men were found dead in the house in Adachi Ward, Kyodo said. A teenage boy also found there was taken to hospital with severe injuries, including both arms being severed, the report said.

"My father did this to me," police quoted the boy as saying, Kyodo news agency said.

Tokyo police and fire fighters declined to comment on the report. (Reporting by Isabel Reynolds; Editing by David Fox)


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