Two people were arrested Saturday on suspicion of beating a homeless man to death last week in a park in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, police said.
Naoto Yoshida, 20, and a 19-year-old male whose name is withheld because he is a minor, are suspected of kicking a man believed to be Masamitsu Katori, 64, in the head and chest while he was sleeping in the park at around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The man died from loss of blood, police said.
"I got carried away after drinking alcohol," the 19-year-old was quoted as saying.
"I didn't mean to kill but I kicked the man's head," Yoshida allegedly said.
The two suspects, who attend night school, had been drinking near the park and were on their way home.
They threw their shoes away because they left bloody footsteps in the park, police said.