A 76-year-old woman who was stabbed at an apartment in Machida, Tokyo, on Tuesday evening died shortly after she was transported to hospital. Officers from Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department arrested Kota Kuwano, a 40-year-old man from Machida, near the site of the incident, on suspicion of attempting to kill the woman. According to the police, a relative of Akie, who was living with her at the apartment, heard a scream and went outside to find Akie stabbed and lying on her back near the stairs outside the apartment. A security camera installed at the apartment captured Kuwano following Akie, who had returned from shopping and was walking toward the stairs. The incident took place in a residential area about 600 meters northeast of Odakyu Electric Railway's Machida Station.