The44- year-old officer knifed himself at his home in northwestern Japan on May23, but told police he had been attacked, prompting an attempted murder investigation, Ishikawa prefecture police said in a statement.

• 日本西北部石川县的警方在一份声明中称，这位44岁警察五月二十三日在家中用刀自残，但他谎称自己遭到了袭击，警方由此展开了一桩故意谋杀案的调查。