KOBE (Kyodo) -- A 28-year-old woman was stabbed to death near her apartment Friday and a suspect fled on a motorbike in the western Japan city of Amagasaki, police said.

       Sayaka Morimoto, a medical clerk, was attacked on the grounds of the apartment building, with the suspect described as a young man. A delivery man found the victim lying face-down with multiple stab wounds in her back and called for an ambulance at around 8:20 p.m.

       She was taken to a hospital but pronounced dead later, the police said, adding that no weapons were found at the crime scene.

       According to the police and investigative sources, security camera footage showed a man dressed in black entering a passage toward a bicycle parking area shortly before the stabbing incident and later fleeing.

       Local residents and others said large blood stains were seen in the passage, indicating Morimoto had been stabbed there.

       The apartment is located along Route 2 and about 350 meters from JR Amagasaki Station in Hyogo Prefecture.

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