NIIGATA, Japan - A 20-year-old woman was stabbed to death Friday in a bustling district of Niigata city, northwest of Tokyo, and a male suspect is on the run, police said.
The woman, identified as Yuzuki Ishizawa, was stabbed in a building near JR Niigata station at around 9 p.m. She was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital. According to witnesses and people working in the same building, she worked at a drinking establishment there.
A 60-year-old man who was in a bar on the fourth floor said he was surprised to hear a police siren and went to investigate. As he descended the stairs, he saw a woman on the second-floor landing with rescue workers giving her artificial respiration.
The woman appeared unconscious and her abdomen was covered in blood, he said.
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