US marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of killing woman, police say

Suspect allegedly killed woman at hotel in Okinawa as prime minister calls crime ‘exceptionally brutal and vicious’ A US marine stationed on Japan ’s southern island of Okinawa is accused of murdering a Japanese woman and has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said on Sunday. The suspect allegedly “killed [a] 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha and stole her wallet” as well as her backpack, local police told news media outlets. Continue reading...

Originally reported by The Guardian US by Agence France-Presse and Guardian staff. Read the full story at the source.