A 67-year-old man accused of stabbing a man outside the Osaka District Court has been rearrested on suspicion of threatening the lawyer who was with the victim, telling him "I'll kill you too" while showing a folding knife, Sankei Shimbun reported.
The Osaka Prefectural Police's Tenma station rearrested Hiromu Furusugi, a self-employed resident of Ueshio, Tennoji Ward, Osaka, on Nov. 10 on suspicion of violating the law on violence by threatening with a weapon. He is refusing to answer questions, the station said.
The rearrest concerns an incident around 9:45 a.m. on Oct. 20 on a street in Nishitenma, Kita Ward, Osaka. Police say Furusugi showed the knife to the 46-year-old lawyer and threatened him.
According to the station, the lawyer represents the man and had accompanied him to court. After the man was stabbed, the lawyer tried to stop the suspect and had the knife pointed at him.
Attempted murder charge left pending
Police arrested Furusugi on Oct. 20 on suspicion of attempted murder over the stabbing of the 60-year-old man, who was seriously injured.
The Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Furusugi on Nov. 10 on a charge of violating the Swords and Firearms Control Law. It left the attempted murder charge pending.
The attack took place at the door of the court, where the victim had come for a hearing.