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| Aichi Police Taking Suspects To Court |
Prosecutors on Thursday indicted two Iranian men on charges of
killing a compatriot last December in Nagoya, in an attack apparently
related to illegal drug trafficking.
The two men, aged Mohammad Salmiz (43) and Hazim Kafuz (32), fatally attacked Anami Shirmard Milad,
27, in conspiracy with other assailants, according to the indictment.
The prosecutors and police declined to disclose the names of the two
arrested men, while the indictment said the names of the other
assailants were not known.
According to the indictment, the attackers in one car stopped the
victim, who was driving another car, on a road in the early hours of
Dec. 20 and stabbed him in the arms and legs.
Prosecutors charged the two men with injury resulting in death, not
murder, saying murderous intent was not clear from where the victim was
stabbed.
The men, who were arrested on suspicion of murder in February, have denied the allegations.
