Suspect says Koda killed because Japan did not withdraw troops

Suspect says Koda killed because Japan did not withdraw troops

NOGATA, Japan - Members of media organizations stand outside the house of Masumi Koda in Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 2 following reports that a suspect in the October 2004 slaying of his son, Shosei Koda, in Iraq has said he was killed because Japan did not follow his abductors' demand to withdraw Ground Self-Defense Force from Iraq. ''Now I just feel only emptiness, thinking why my son had to be killed,'' Masumi Koda said of the news

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