Japanese tourist stabbed dead

Japanese tourist stabbed dead

MANILA (AFP): A Japanese tourist was stabbed dead inside his rented apartment in Manila, police said yesterday.

Iwamoto Tomoyo, 58, of Aichi prefecture in central Japan, was found dead on Saturday in the bathroom of an apartment in Manila's Santa Ana district, Police Officer Ronald Hernandez said.

Tomoyo had been stabbed 10 times and also possibly strangled, Hernandez added. Robbery was suspected as the apartment was in disarray, but police were also investigating the possible involvement of Tomoyo's Filipina girlfriend in the killing.