(Domino Digest - 9 March, Friday. Page A9 – News)
DOMINO, JAPAN – Police are baffled about the recent attack on a small home and store in Southern Domino, according to police chief Otogi Ryuuji. One of his officers, Kaiba Seto, was on the scene about 20 minutes after a witness reported hearing noise and spotting what appeared to be blood on the window.
"It wasn't blood," Kaiba said, but refused to give any more information on the matter. Concerning the nature of the attacks, Kaiba said there were three dead and two injured.
The injured were Mutoh Sugoroku, 72, and reportedly his daughter, who are now in stable condition at an unspecified hospital. They were both found unconscious in the storage room of the Kame Game Shop, which Mutoh (elder) owns. Mutoh's home, connected to the game shop, seemed to have been the main target of the bewildering attack Thursday the 8th.
One of the three dead was Mutoh Yuugi, 16, grandson of the shop's owner. "[Kaiba] found Yuugi in his bed with a fatal wound in his chest," Otogi said. He refused to comment concerning the other two dead, except to say that, "Nobody seems to know who they are."
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(Domino Digest - 9 March, Friday. Page C1 - Human Interest/Commentary)
DOMINO, JAPAN – There was blood splattered all over Mutoh Yuugi's window. The inside of his home wasn't much better. Blood trails made their way along the upstairs hallway. Dribbles of it leaked down the railing of the stairs, but most of the ground floor was spotless, indicating that whatever transpired in that small, rural house, it began upstairs. Mutoh's room was the worst of it. Blood, all over the carpet. Blood, all over the windowsill. Blood, all over Mutoh's bed. Blood, spilling from the open wound that dominated his fragile chest.
Up until Thursday night, Mutoh Yuugi had been the average high school student. He had been studying hard that night. Friends said he had been nervous about the science presentation he was going to have to deliver the next day.
Now, he'll never have to worry about telling his class how crude oil is distilled.
Investigators were at the scene as soon as they possibly could, but it was already too late. Three had died that night. For Mutoh, it was by a dagger through his chest. The bloodied knife was later found across the room.
At the exact time Mutoh was brutally murdered, Mazaki Anzu, a classmate and friend, had been reviewing for a math test. Honda Hiroto had been feeding his dog. Bakura Ryou had been reading a novel. Less than an hour later, they were all summoned to the police station and given the tragic news.
There is so much mystery shrouding Mutoh's death that justice cannot be done. No one has any idea who might have murdered a young man with a bright future ahead of him. The police could not find any leads; the witnesses are all either dead or unconscious. And so the criminal goes unpunished. And so another life is lost. We can only pray that, for the remaining family members, the comfort provided by Mutoh's friends will be enough to mitigate the wound that has been so deeply made.
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(Domino Digest - 9 March, Friday. Page A12 - Obituaries.)
Mutoh Yuugi passed away Thursday, March 8th, a victim of an attack in his home. His funeral will be on Monday, March 12. Everyone is welcome.