TOKYO • A Shinto priestess was killed on the grounds of a famous Tokyo shrine by a man wielding a traditional Japanese sword, who then killed another woman before committing suicide, police said yesterday, in what local media described as an apparent family feud..
TOKYO • A Shinto priestess was killed on the grounds of a famous Tokyo shrine by a man wielding a traditional Japanese sword, who then killed another woman before committing suicide, police said yesterday, in what local media described as an apparent family feud.
Ms Nagako Tomioka, 58, chief priestess of Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in Tokyo, was attacked by Shigenaga Tomioka, 56, as she got out of a car on Thursday evening.
Media reports said he was her younger brother.
Also, a woman aged in her 30s, who was with Shigenaga Tomioka, attacked and stabbed the driver of the car with a Japanese sword, police said.
