野村証券元社員を逮捕　顧客宅に放火、強殺未遂容疑―広島県警

　顧客だった８０代夫婦宅を訪れて薬物を服用させ、家に放火して現金約２６００万円を奪ったとして、広島県警は１日までに、強盗殺人未遂と現住建造物等放火容疑で、無職梶原優星容疑者（２９）＝神奈川県葉山町長柄＝を逮捕した。夫婦は火事に気付き、逃げ出して無事だった。「お金は盗んだ。殺そうと思っていないし、火は付けていない」と否認しているという。
　野村ホールディングス（ＨＤ）によると、同容疑者は傘下の野村証券元社員で、すでに懲戒解雇したという。同ＨＤの北村巧執行役は１日の決算会見で「極めて遺憾」と述べ、陳謝した。
　逮捕容疑は、７月２８日午後５時半すぎから同７時４５分ごろの間、広島市西区の２階建て住宅で男性（８６）と妻（８４）に睡眠作用のある薬物を服用させて、何らかの方法で放火。現金約２６００万円とボストンバッグ１個を奪った疑い。
　県警によると、梶原容疑者は当時、広島市内に住んでおり、事件前も営業で夫婦宅を訪問。当日は、自らに処方された薬物を夫婦の食事に混ぜたとみられる。（2024/11/01-19:29）

Police in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, have arrested a former employee of Nomura Securities Co. for allegedly drugging a couple in their 80s who were his clients, setting their house on fire and stealing about 26 million yen in cash.
   Yusei Kajiwara, 29, is suspected of attempted robbery and murder, as well as arson of an inhibited building. He has admitted to stealing the money but denies trying to kill the couple or starting the fire, informed sources said.
   According to Nomura Holdings Inc., the parent of the brokerage unit, Kajiwara has already been dismissed for disciplinary reasons. The case is "extremely regrettable," Nomura Holdings Executive Officer Takumi Kitamura said at an earnings briefing on Friday.
   Kajiwara is suspected of making an 86-year-old man and his 84-year-old wife take a sleep-inducing drug at their home in the city of Hiroshima between around 5:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. on July 28, and setting the house on fire. In addition to the cash, he allegedly stole a traveling bag.
   The couple noticed the fire and managed to escape.