Event Brief
18-year-old arrested in Hiroshima over baby death
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 05, 2026 at 12:11 AM ET
Summary: An 18-year-old man was arrested in Hiroshima prefecture on Sept 5 on suspicion of killing a two-month-old boy by covering the infant’s head with a plastic bag. Police said the suspect placed the bag over the baby and laid him face down at their home in Fukuyama between 5:30am and 9am on Sept 4, and the boy later died from respiratory failure.
WHO: An 18-year-old man (believed to be the infant’s father) and police
WHAT: Arrested on suspicion of killing a two-month-old boy by covering his head with a plastic bag
WHEN: Sep 05, 2026
WHERE: Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
WHY: The arrest is tied to police suspicion that the man caused the baby’s death by covering the infant’s head with a plastic bag.
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