Overview
- Police say the 25-year-old father threw his daughters, aged 4 and 1, from the sixth-floor balcony at about 4:20 a.m. on Saturday.
- Officers responded to a 110 call from the suspect’s wife late Friday night and confronted the man after he locked himself in a room.
- Emergency crews and police had placed mats and stationed staff below the building, and both children were conscious when taken to hospital and are not believed to be in life-threatening condition.
- The suspect, identified as Miura Tomokazu, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder and has remained silent to questioning while the Kakamigahara police station investigates.
- The case highlights limits and practices of police response to domestic calls and raises public concern about detection and prevention of child abuse as investigators seek motive and fuller facts.