Noboribetsu, the next town over from Muroran (and where Sanae works), suffered its 15 minutes of infamy when a man was murdered there yesterday lunchtime. He was shot at a hotel in town's hot spring resort (Dad you were there - and lived to tell the tale!).
Listen to me.
He was mercilessly gunned down in a gangland slaying while terrified guests screamed and dived for cover. A suspect was arrested a mere three hours later (let's hear it for the Hokkaido 5-O) at Toya train station whilst attempting, somewhat bizarrely, to make his getaway on the Hokuto Number 14 bound for Hakodate.
Which basically means that the Hokkaido 5-0 pretty much knew immediately who to look for and, after a quick chat with 'the usual suspects', where to find him.
He had a gun on him when he was arrested which is pretty incriminating. This, thankfully, isn't America.
Other suspects are still at large as apparently a Hi-Ace van load of them drove off (at speed) immediately after the shooting. Sorry, gangland slaying.
Turns out that the arrested man is an ex-pupil from Sanae's school which means Noboribetsu is now eligible to be twinned with any of the odd numbered postal districts in Dublin.
While there are no known gangsters in her school, she does have her suspicions about one of the seven year old boys in her class. Apparently he's "an awful little fecker", though he has an alibi for yesterday's events: he was getting on his teacher's nerves by refusing to eat his lunch.
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