新たに２８歳男逮捕、指示役か　死体損壊容疑、沖縄で確保―那須２遺体

　栃木県那須町の河川敷で会社役員宝島龍太郎さん（５５）と妻幸子さん（５６）の遺体が見つかった事件で、警視庁と栃木県警の合同捜査本部は２９日、死体損壊容疑で、職業不詳佐々木光容疑者（２８）＝住所不詳＝を逮捕した。認否は明らかにしていない。
　佐々木容疑者は事件後、沖縄県に潜伏。飛行機で国内の別の場所に移動しようとしていたところ、２８日午後、那覇空港（那覇市）で身柄を確保された。
　建設業平山綾拳容疑者（２５）＝同容疑で逮捕＝は「ある人物から遺体処理を指示され、飲み仲間２人に頼んだ」と供述しており、捜査本部は佐々木容疑者が指示役の疑いもあるとみて調べる。
　逮捕容疑は１６日未明から朝の間、那須町内で宝島さん夫妻の遺体に火を付けた疑い。遺体は同日朝、通報で駆け付けた警察官に発見された。（2024/04/29-16:31）

Japanese police on Monday arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly damaging the bodies of a couple from Tokyo, which were found burned near a river in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan.
   Hikaru Sasaki, whose occupation and address are unknown, was arrested at Naha Airport in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, by the joint investigation headquarters of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Tochigi prefectural police department.
   Ryoken Hirayama, 25, arrested earlier this month on the same charges as Sasaki, told the police that he was ordered by a "certain individual" to dispose of the bodies and asked two acquaintances to handle the matter. The investigation headquarters suspects that Sasaki may be the individual who gave the order.
   Sasaki was arrested for allegedly setting the bodies of the couple--Ryutaro Takarajima, then 55, and Sachiko, then 56--on fire in Nasu on April 16. The bodies were found the same day by police officers who arrived at the scene after receiving a fire report.
   Hirayama did not reveal the name of the individual who ordered him to dispose of the bodies. The investigation headquarters figured out from security camera footage that Sasaki was in Okinawa.