(Update 3) Chiba Boy Arrested for Alleged Murder of Elderly Woman

   Chiba, May 12 (Jiji Press)--Police in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, arrested a 15-year-old junior high school boy in the prefecture's namesake capital on Monday on suspicion of murdering an 84-year-old woman.
   The boy allegedly stabbed local resident Yayoi Takahashi in the back with a knife-like object on a street in the city's Wakaba Ward around 5 p.m. Sunday.
   The boy, who also lives in the city, has admitted the allegation, saying he wanted to kill whomever he could, investigative sources said.
   Police are investigating the possibility that the boy randomly attacked the woman, as they did not know each other, according to the sources.
   Around 5:10 p.m. Sunday, police received an emergency call from a passerby saying that an elderly woman was lying on a street.

(2025/05/12-22:29)