A woman in Japan has been rearrested on suspicion of coercion and injury after allegedly forcing a woman she shared a home with to stitch her own lip, 読売新聞 reports. A man described as an acquaintance was also arrested on suspicion of injury in connection with the same case, according to the outlet.
The report, published Tuesday, does not specify the location of the alleged incident or the ages of those involved. It also does not detail what led to the initial arrest that preceded the rearrest, or the relationship between the two women beyond their shared living arrangement.
The case centers on an allegation that the victim was made to suture her own lip rather than having the injury inflicted directly by another person, which is the basis for the coercion suspicion reported by 読売新聞. The separate injury allegation against the male acquaintance suggests investigators are examining more than one person's role in the events.
Japanese police can rearrest a suspect on new or additional charges while an existing case is still being processed, a practice that allows investigators to extend questioning and build separate counts. The outlet's headline and summary do not indicate whether any of those arrested have admitted or denied the allegations.
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