The suspect, identified as 48-year-old Daisuke Nishimura, has been arrested and is expected to face a growing list of charges over a spree that reportedly included multiple assaults, vehicle thefts, car crashes and a violent intrusion at a cram school. Police say they are still piecing together at least 20 separate incidents across several cities.
The first emergency call came in at about 8.15pm on April 21, when a “suspicious tattooed man” was reported driving slowly through a residential area in Kawaguchi, a city in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
At around 8.30pm in Warabi, a small city just outside the prefecture’s capital Saitama city, Nishimura allegedly crashed his car into a convenience store, Nippon TV reported.
He was seen again at Saitama city some 20 minutes later where he hit two motorcyclists, both in their forties, killing one and leaving the other with serious injuries.
Fleeing the scene, Nishimura crashed head-on into another car at an intersection. He emerged from his vehicle, revealing his naked tattooed body, to pull the other driver out and steal the car that he had crashed into.
