KOBE ¨C A mother and her daughter have been found dead and bleeding in their home in the city of Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture.
At around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Hyogo Prefectural Police found one woman collapsed near the entrance of the home and the other near a hallway. They both had stab wounds and were confirmed dead at the scene.
According to the police, the women are 74-year-old Sumie Tanaka and her 52-year-old daughter, Chihiro. The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding their deaths, suspecting that the two may have been caught up in a crime as no weapons have been found.
The front door of the house was left unlocked. An acquaintance alerted?the police earlier in the day that the individual?was unable to reach the mother or daughter.
The house is located in a residential area about 1 kilometer south of West Japan Railway¡¯s Harima-Shingu Station.
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