The former Japanese diplomat arrested for killing his own son has told police he and his wife suffered years of physical abuse and he had no choice but to murder him because he feared he would attack children at a nearby school.
Hideaki Kumazawa, a former Japanese ambassador to the Czech Republic and previously a vice agriculture minister, is being questioned on suspicion of murdering his 44-year-old son, Eiichiro, on Saturday.
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