Three Dead After Suspected Arson and Stabbing at Gifu Cake Shop
Police suspect one of 11 people inside the shop was involved after gasoline was sprayed and a stabbing was reported, officials said.
- On Saturday night, a fire broke out at the Sunrise cake shop in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, leaving two people dead and three others hospitalized.
- The shop owner, a 66-year-old woman, was hosting a gathering of 10 acquaintances when the incident occurred, meaning 11 people were inside the two-story building at the time.
- An emergency call at around 9 p.m. reported that someone was stabbed and gasoline had been spread on the premises, prompting police to suspect one of the attendees was involved.
- Three people were transported to the hospital, where one later died, bringing total fatalities to three; about 300 square meters of the building near Kitagata Makuwa Station were burned.
- The Gifu Prefectural Police are investigating the incident, which occurred outside business hours at the shop celebrating its 20th anniversary; the blaze was extinguished roughly three hours later.
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This article is from Cedarnews.net. To learn more about the news and crime, visit us. At around 9 p.m. on the 5th, a fire broke out at the cake shop "Sunrise" in Sokei, Motosu City, Gifu Prefecture. Two bodies were found in the ruins, and three people were taken to the hospital. According to the prefectural police, at the time of the fire, there was a 110 call saying, "Someone has been stabbed. Gasoline has been poured, and there is a fire," sug…
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The Straits Times2 dead, 3 taken to hospital in fire at cake shop in central Japan
Two people were found dead and three others were taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a cake shop in the central Japanese prefecture of Gifu on Saturday night, police said.
Three people died in a fire at a bakery in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
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