
政治団体「NHKから国民を守る党」の立花孝志党首襲撃事件の初公判が東京地裁で開かれた。勾留中の立花氏が被害者参加制度を利用し、被告に直接質問を行う異例の展開となった。被告は犯行を認めつつも謝罪を拒否した。
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立花孝志氏が襲撃された事件の初公判。立花氏自身も別事件で勾留中である。
政治団体「NHKから国民を守る党」の立花孝志党首(59)襲撃事件で、2日に東京地裁で開かれた初公判には、別事件で起訴され、勾留中の立花氏が被害者参加し、宮西詩音被告(32)に直接質問した。被害者参加人と被告の双方が刑務官に囲まれる異例の光景で、法廷には緊張感が漂った。
検察官の後方から質問に立った立花氏は、数メートル先の証言台に座る被告に「はじめまして」「宮西君」などと語り掛けた。「謝罪の意思はあるか」と質問すると、被告は「ありません」と即答。「SNSでプライベートを明かしており、襲撃の機会は他にもあった。選挙活動の場でやりたかったのでは」と追及すると、被告は「演説場所が明示されており、狙いやすかっただけだ」と否定した。
これに先立つ検察官からの質問で、被告は立花氏について当初は新しいタイプの政治家として期待を寄せたが、不信感が芽生えたと説明。「言論でびくともしないずぶとい性格」「話す価値すらない人間だ」と断言し、「申し訳ないと考えるなら事件を起こしていない」と述べていた。

UAE authorities have begun a full-scale investigation into the incident, including the possibility of terrorism, after the co-pilot stabbed the captain on a Flydubai flight headed for Israel, causing the plane to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pointed to the influence of extremism.

The first trial of the jury trial of unemployed Shion Miyanishi (32), who was charged with attempted murder and other crimes in the March 2025 incident in which Takashi Tachibana (59), leader of the political group ``Party to Protect the People from NHK'', was slashed during a street speech in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, was held at the Tokyo District Court on the 2nd, and the defendant stated, ``I admit everything'' at his guilty plea. Mr. Tachibana was charged with defamation by the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office and is in detention, but he attended the meeting using the victim participation system.

A 61-year-old executive of a sand disposal company in Ibaraki Prefecture has been arrested for creating an illegal embankment in Yamatsuri Town, Fukushima Prefecture. He was the first person in Japan to be arrested on suspicion of violating the Embankment Regulation Act, which was enacted in response to the debris flow disaster in Atami City. Executives have explained that they transported earth and sand from construction work in the Tokyo suburbs to Fukushima, saying that ``there was a need for it'' and that it was a necessary evil, but local residents point out that the land was purchased at low prices due to a declining population.

Osaka Prefectural Police announced that Yasufuku Nishida (46), a self-proclaimed office worker, was sent to the public prosecutor's office on suspicion of violating the Radio Law for possessing an unlicensed GPS jammer for the purpose of interfering with GPS tracking during car theft. Positioned as the first case in the country, 21 vehicles were damaged, with a total cost of approximately 81.65 million yen.

In the case of Rin Zamami (23), who was murdered in Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture, the prefectural police announced that a judicial autopsy revealed that the cause of death was blood loss due to being stabbed in the neck with a knife. The suspect's former boyfriend is currently in the hospital and will be questioned until he recovers.

After the co-pilot stabbed the captain of a FlyDubai passenger plane en route to Israel, Israeli media reported that the co-pilot was in violation of the aviation agreement between Israel and the UAE. The co-pilot is being investigated in Saudi Arabia.