A 22-year-old female staff member has been arrested on suspicion of fatally abusing a 91-year-old resident at a nursing home. According to police, Minami Yasumura, a care worker, is accused of beating Shigeko Kobe, who was bedridden. The victim was initially taken to the hospital later that day after she vomited in her bed. Doctors found that both her legs had been fractured and she died eight hours later from hemorrhagic shock. Police said Yasumura, who was on duty on July 10, has denied the charge and quoted her as saying she didn’t know how Kobe’s legs got fractured.
