Jamaine Punzalan

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Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17882503521731788250351665.jpeg" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Photo by Zhaoli Jin on Unsplash</em></span></span></span></div><p>Police in Japan said Tuesday they had arrested a man over the killing of 30 hamsters at a hotel, weeks after he was detained for stomping to death 20 others.</p><p>The 36-year-old high school staffer in the northern region of Iwate teamed up with two different women at so-called &quot;love hotels&quot; -- short-stay lodging meant for couples -- where he allegedly massacred hamsters in a violation of animal protection laws, police told AFP.</p><p>The two women have also been arrested, said Hiroyuki Nasu, a senior police official in the city of Miyako, Iwate.</p><p>The main suspect&#x27;s arrest on Monday was for his &quot;gratuitous killings&quot; in late March of about 30 hamsters, carried out in collusion with a 20-year-old woman, Nasu told AFP.</p><p>The suspect&#x27;s smartphone confiscated by police contained videos filming the killings, as well as text messages with the woman that showed them plotting the act.</p><p>&quot;Where are we going to kill the hamsters and have fun?&quot; Nasu quoted one of the exchanged messages as saying.</p><p>The suspect was first detained in July for the separate killing in February of around 20 hamsters with a 19-year-old woman.</p><p>Police will continue to investigate the suspect and examine whether he may have committed other similar acts, the police official said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>OTHER STORIES: </strong></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/17/philippines-arrests-2-high-value-japanese-fugitives-linked-to-global-crime-rings-1218">Philippines arrests 2 high-value Japanese fugitives linked to global crime rings </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/4/30/hammer-wielding-man-attacks-tokyo-teenagers-reports-1051">Hammer-wielding man attacks Tokyo teenagers: reports </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/7/9/woman-arrested-in-japan-for-sewing-shut-housemate-s-lips-1510">Woman arrested in Japan for sewing shut housemate&#x27;s lips</a></div>

<p>Police in Japan said Tuesday they had arrested a man over the killing of 30 hamsters at a hotel, weeks after he was detained for stomping to death 20 others.</p>

Police in Japan said Tuesday they had arrested a man over the killing of 30 hamsters at a hotel, weeks after he was detained for stomping to death 20 others.

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Japan arrests man twice for hamster massacres

Agence France-Presse

Published September 01, 2026 04:14 PM PHT

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