Body of Vietnamese victim in Japan to be repatriated
VOV.VN - Japan’s Osaka police have handed over the body of a Vietnamese man to Hoa Lac Pagoda in Kobe city of Hyogo Prefecture after he was been beaten to death and kicked into a river.
Receiving the body, the pagoda held a requiem at Minami Osaka Funeral Parlour on August 11 and held a funeral on August 12.
Following the cremation, the ashes of the victim will subsequently be sent back to Vietnam on August 15.
Earlier local police released details of the incident, stating that the 22 year-old victim was killed at around 8 p.m. on August 2 at a pedestrian area close to Ebisu Bridge in Osaka. An emergency medical unit tried to save him, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
According to Vietnam News Agency, a man wanted in connection with the Vietnamese man’s death was arrested by Japanese police on August 5.
The suspect’s first name was later released as Alberto, a 26-year-old man from the Dominican Republic.
The report stated that Alberto is currently unemployed and has no permanent residence in Japan.
