Private high school teacher arrested on suspicion of kidnapping 16-year-old high school girl; mother reports that she can’t contact her daughter

Private high school teacher arrested on suspicion of kidnapping 16-year-old high school girl; mother reports that she can’t contact her daughter
Hyogo Prefectural Police Headquarters

On the 1st, Hyogo Prefectural Police Kakogawa Police Station arrested Kensaku Takimoto, a teacher at Private Suma Gakuen High School, on suspicion of kidnapping a 16-year-old high school girl he met on an SNS, knowing that she was a minor. It was announced that a person (43) from Kita Ward, Kobe City, had been arrested. He has admitted to the charges.

The suspect was arrested on September 22nd, alleging that he lured a high school girl living in Osaka Prefecture, whom he met on social media, to his home until September 29th, where he kidnapped her.

According to the police station, the mother of a high school girl living in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture reported to the police station on the 28th that she was unable to contact her daughter, and at around 1 a.m. on the 29th, the high school girl was near Takimoto’s home. protected. The high school girl was not injured. The two did not know each other until they met on social media.

Source: Japanese