New details emerge about that French guy who killed a man in Shinjuku: when he tried to flee the scene, Nigerian touts caught him and held him until the police came.

The article is on https://shueisha.online/articles/-/251709 but I'll put the translation below since that news website is cancer:

On September 29, Shinjuku Police Station arrested a self-proclaimed French citizen, Laforet Alexandre Mathieu (33), a company employee from Nakano Ward, Tokyo, on suspicion of assault for assaulting a man on the street in Kabukicho, Tokyo. The scene of the incident was Kabukicho, Tokyo's number one entertainment district. It is a popular area lined with restaurants, izakayas, and other places to enjoy nightlife.

Here's how it all began:

The incident occurred just after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday the 29th, on a street in Kabukicho 1-chome, right in front of Shinjuku Ward Office.

It was a holiday evening and there were quite a few people around when Laforet relentlessly pursued a woman who worked at a restaurant who was walking with a man (67) she did not know. When the man tried to intervene, Laforet pushed him away with both hands, causing the man to fall and hit his head hard on the ground.

He suffered an acute subdural hematoma and was taken to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.

"It seems that the police officer in charge of foreigners was called to work on the day in response to an emergency. Although it is rarely reported, cases of assault, injury and damage to property committed by foreign tourists occur almost daily in the Shinjuku area," said a source close to the investigation.

A social affairs reporter explains.

"Shinjuku Police Station arrested Laforet on suspicion of assault. Now that the man has died, the charge has been changed to assault resulting in death and the investigation is ongoing.

Meanwhile, Laforet has denied the allegations, saying he has "no recollection of it at all. The suspect is fluent in Japanese, has a valid residence permit, and was not a tourist."

A Kabukicho tout who witnessed the entire commotion revealed the following:

"I was nearby and only saw the scene partway through, but it seems that a French man called out to a girl who worked at a restaurant as she was walking with the victim.

"You're a better guy for me," "Let's play," or something like that. The suspect seemed to be in a very drunk state, and the girl was quite reluctant.

When the victim tried to stop them, saying "Stop it" and "Get enough of this," the French man got angry and pushed the victim away with all his might.

When I hit my head, the sound echoed like I'd never heard before, and the French person must have thought this was bad, so he ran away.

The touts who saw this shouted "Wait!" and chased after him, then tackled him in front of a donut shop about 80 meters away, and caught him in a headlock.

Then the Nigerians joined in and we all surrounded him. The girl who was with him called the police and an ambulance."

Police cars and ambulances were parked on the side of the road, and the scene was temporarily in chaos.

The suspect "was not the type to get drunk and cause trouble." 

What kind of person is Lafilet, who was drunk and then assaulted a man passing by, taking his life?

Lafilet lived alone in a one-bedroom apartment on the second floor of a four-story building in Nakano Ward. The rent was around 150,000 yen. The owner of the apartment said:

"I got a message from Shinjuku Police Station three or four days ago, but I haven't called them back. I've left the apartment to a real estate agency, so I don't have any contact with the person in question, but he's been living there for about two or three years.

I think he lives alone and works at a decent place. We have a fairly strict screening process. I've never heard of any problems with alcohol, rent arrears, or neighbors."

The suspect was not the type to get drunk and cause trouble, and did not have close ties with other residents.

"There isn't much interaction between the residents of this apartment building, and I've only seen the suspect a few times, passing him on the stairs. He's tall and slender, and looks younger than his age," said an apartment resident. An acquaintance of Lafilet said, "He worked for a top manufacturer with its headquarters in Europe, and was a very successful man."

Alcohol was left in front of the room where Lafilée lived.

Was the suspect the type of person who changes drastically when he drinks alcohol?The suspect "was not the type to get drunk and cause trouble." 

What kind of person is Lafilet, who was drunk and then assaulted a man passing by, taking his life?