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Three Myanmar nationals, including a 24-year-old suspect, have been arrested on suspicion of murder for the killing of a Myanmar exchange student in his 20s on a street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward last month.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the group the suspects were with and the group the victim was in had a dispute at a nearby nightclub just before the incident. The police are investigating the details of the events leading up to the murder. All three suspects have either partially or completely denied the charges.
The arrested individuals have been identified as 24-year-old Zaw Myo Thet and two other men, all of whom are Myanmar nationals residing in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.
The Metropolitan Police Department stated that the three suspects are accused of killing 22-year-old Chit Poe, a Myanmar exchange student, by hitting him on the head with a wine bottle in the early morning of July 7 on a street in Shinjuku.
Just before the incident, two groups of Myanmar nationals—four people including the suspects and seven people including the victim—were involved in a dispute at a nightclub near the scene and were forced to leave the establishment.
The two groups are believed to have had no prior connection, and the police are currently investigating the full details of the incident.
When questioned, Zaw Myo Thet partially admitted to the charges, stating, "I certainly hit him, but I didn't intend to kill him." The other two suspects have denied the charges.
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