TOKYO (AFP) - A 19-year-old college girl murdered an elderly woman with an axe and a scarf because she "just wanted to kill someone" news reports in Japan said Wednesday.
The student from the prestigious Nagoya University hit 77-year-old Tomoko Mori repeatedly with the axe and then strangled her "because she wasn't completely dead", the Asahi Shimbun said.
The young woman was arrested on Tuesday, and reportedly told investigators: "I have just wanted to kill someone since childhood. It could have been anybody."
Ms Mori had become acquainted with her alleged murderer when she tried to persuade the young woman to join a religious group.
The student from the prestigious Nagoya University hit 77-year-old Tomoko Mori repeatedly with the axe and then strangled her "because she wasn't completely dead", the Asahi Shimbun said.
The young woman was arrested on Tuesday, and reportedly told investigators: "I have just wanted to kill someone since childhood. It could have been anybody."
Ms Mori had become acquainted with her alleged murderer when she tried to persuade the young woman to join a religious group.
