Pakistani arrested over murder of Russian woman in Japan

Soka police say factory worker Mohammad Alam, 38, a resident of nearby Koshigaya, has confessed to stabbing 23-year-old Korpacheva Anastasia Vitaljevna to death. He was found sitting in a car in a convenience store parking lot early on Monday morning in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, with an acquaintance.

Friends of Vitaljevna say that the two had dated at one point, and that Alam was pressing the woman to get back together. Police say that about an hour before the murder, Vitaljevna and her 57-year-old husband visited a police box in front of Shinden Station and told police that while they were out for a walk, Alam had stolen his wife’s handbag and begged her to marry him.

A friend of Mohammed’s had told the press that the police box visit one hour before the killing was not the first time the police were consulted about this problem. He claims that Mohammed had made clear threats, but police had ignored it.

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