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Japan’s Metropolitan Police Department announced the arrest of an employee of Konami Digital Entertainment on suspicion of attempted murder. According to a report by the Mainichi Shimbun<\/a>, the suspect is said to have hit their former boss on the head with a fire extinguisher. The motive for the attack was reportedly workplace harassment, and the suspect claimed that they struck with an intention to kill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the police, the suspect is a 41-year-old employee of the company. The incident allegedly occurred at around 11 a.m. on April 11 at the suspect\u2019s workplace, where they attempted to kill their former 48-year-old boss by hitting him on the head with a fire extinguisher. The victim survived the attack without sustaining life-threatening injuries. The suspect was dismissed from the company on the same day of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspect had worked in the same department as the victim until the summer of 2020. \u00a0According to Asahi Shimbun Digital<\/a>, the suspect had consulted with the company about receiving harassment from their boss, but the company determined that there was no evidence of workplace harassment. As a result, in August 2020, the company took measures to transfer the suspect to another team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An individual with the same name (\u5c71\u5d0e\u88d5\u57fa) as the suspect can be found in the end credit of the PS Vita\/PSP game Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Tag Force Special, where they are credited as a card content production collaborator, though it\u2019s unclear if this is the same person as the suspect (Game Staff wiki<\/a>).



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Translated based on the original Japanese article<\/a> (original article\u2019s publication date: 2023-04-11 19:25 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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