A 17-year-old boy who was arrested over the attempted murder of a teacher on Wednesday has also admitted to dismembering several cats and scattering their body parts across Saitama city in Japan. At least five of such cases involving cat parts found in elementary school...
They are also investigating the grisly cat killings. The first discovery was reported on Feb 13 when two front legs of a white cat were found on a park bench.
More dismembered parts emerged over the next few days, including the head and legs of a cat that were found on a road, as well as a severed cat jaw dangling from a playground railing in an elementary school. Fearing that the cat killer could also harm young children, the police, parents and elementary schools intensified patrols of the areas near where the carcasses were found, escorted children home or made them walk in large groups.
Those found guilty of killing or harming an animal in Japan face a maximum of five years in jail or a fine of up to 5 million yen .In 1997, two victims aged 10 and 11 were murdered in Kobe by a 14-year-old boy who also killed cats. In 2019, 17 students from a school in Kawasaki and two parents were attacked by a man with a knife while waiting for a school bus. An 11-year-old schoolgirl and the father of an unharmed pupil were killed.
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