Girlfriend fatally stabs US airman in the neck and abdomen because she didn't want to break up
35-year-old Master Sgt. Nicholas Vollweiler was originally from Pennsylvania and staying in Japan as a member of the 374th Security Forces Squadron
A US airman was stabbed to death last Friday outside the home of US Forces Japan in western Tokyo by his girlfriend who refused to accept that he was breaking up with her.
She is also said to have threatened to kill herself before then attacking the airman, identified as 35-year-old Master Sgt. Nicholas Vollweiler.
According to Military.com, Vollweiler was stabbed in the neck with a knife at his home just outside Yokota's east gate in the city of Tachikawa by 27-year-old Aria Saito, who identified herself as his girlfriend. She was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder, said a spokesperson for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.
