A suspected shoplifter stabbed to death the manager of a convenience store at JR Tokyo Station, in Chiyoda Ward, early Sunday before fleeing, police said.
The police said Masahiko Okeda, the 33-year-old manager of the Sandynu Tokyo Center convenience store, died from stab wounds to the right side of his abdomen at a Tokyo hospital shortly after noon.
According to police, Okeda saw a man stealing buns and rice balls worth 550 yen and tried to take him to the store's office, but the man fled.
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