Maritime Self-Defense Force member was arrested on suspicion of assaulting and strangling a female store clerk at a tenant building in Naha

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　On the 27th, the Tomigusuku Police Station of the Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested a suspect (22) from Yamaguchi Prefecture, who is a member of the 31st Maintenance and Supply Squadron of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Iwakuni Air Base, on suspicion of assault after he allegedly strangled a female restaurant employee (20) from Naha City with his hands in a tenant building in Naha City. According to the police station, the suspect denies the charges, saying, "I am not convinced."

　He was arrested on suspicion of strangling a female victim at a restaurant in Naha City around 3:25 a.m. on the 27th.

　According to Tomigusuku Police Station, the suspect was believed to have been drinking at the time.