What is scary is not the fact a 12 year old is
admitting to the crimes, what is scary is all the
acquaintances saying that the boy is "no different"
from other boys.

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12-y.o. boy admits to Nagasaki child murder

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NAGASAKI -- A 12-year-old boy who has been under
interrogation since Wednesday morning admitted to the
murder of 4-year-old Shun Tanemoto earlier this month,
police said.

The first-grade junior high school student, whose name
is being withheld under the Juvenile Law, is accused of
kidnapping Shun from a retail outlet in the city and
stripping him naked before fatally hurling him from the
rooftop of a multistory car park on July 1.

Police have referred the boy's case to a child
consultation center, which will decide whether he
should be tried at a family court or should be taken
into protective custody to help his rehabilitation.
Under Japanese law, suspects cannot be charged unless
they are 14 or over.