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▲A site near Lake Hamana in Kosai, Shizuoka Prefecture, where the victim's body was found.Police said Tuesday that two men previously arrested in connection with the drowning death of a 17-year-old Chinese national in a lake last month are now accused of murder.Neo Horiuchi, 21, from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and an 18-year-old Filipino man from the same city were served fresh arrest warrants following their initial arrest in February for allegedly injuring and confining the victim, Song, from Fukuroi in the prefecture.Three minors, including one with Brazilian nationality, were also arrested last month for their alleged involvement in the confinement of Song, whose body was found in Lake Hamana during the same month.Song, a student at a correspondence high school, went missing after visiting an acquaintance in Hamamatsu on the evening of Feb. 4.Horiuchi and the Filipino man are suspected of drowning the boy in the lake between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Feb. 5.Song's body was discovered four days later by an angler, with an autopsy concluding he had drowned. According to investigative sources, his body had multiple bruises.Japanese police arrested five youngsters in connection with the drowning death of a 17-year-old Chinese student surnamed Song, Nikkei reported today (Feb. 13).
Two of the suspects were apprehended for alleged assault and confinement, while the remaining three were arrested for suspected confinement, the police said, according to the report. The five, captured on Tuesday, are aged from 17 to 21 years old.According to police, the victim's body was discovered on February 9 at Lake Hamana in Shizuoka Prefecture.Allegedly, the suspects subjected the victim to violence near the residence of Song's friend and then confined Song in a vehicle.Police are currently investigating the motives and methods employed by the suspects, the report said.Add Wechat FLA5555 to ask to join the international students' wechat group.
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