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Man fatally slashes 18-yr-old female employee at bar in Tokyo

Tokyo, Oct. 27 (UNI) An 18-year-old female working at a bar in Tokyo was fatally slashed early Sunday by a male customer with a knife, local media reported.
The customer, identified as Hiroyuki Chigira, 49, who lives in Gunma Prefecture, allegedly slashed the female worker, Yuna Tanisawa, around her neck at around 5:40 a.m. local time in the bar located in the bustling area of Tokyo's Shimbashi district, Kyodo News said, citing the police.
The bar's manager held the suspect down and the police arrested him on the spot, the report said.
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