**Hi kids, this is the first in (hopefully) a series of my own, personal English translations of Japanese newspaper articles. Feedback is appreciated.**
Asahi Shimbun
November 23, 2008
In his family home in Yanai City, Yamaguchi Prefecture on the 23rd, the 77-year-old father of suspect Tsuyoshi Koizumi, unable to hide his shock, said "Even though my son hated violence. I saw the subtitles (on television) and thought, my God, I hope this is a mistake."
According to Koizumi's father, even though he had no communication with his son for ten years, Koizumi called and talked with his father on the 22nd from 4:30-5:00 p.m., saying "I sent you a letter. It'll probably arrive tomorrow. Please read it." At the time, the father thought the letter might be a wedding announcement. But once he had seen the evening news broadcast, and no one answered his call to Koizumi's Saitama-City home, the father said he began to think his son was the one being held at the police station.
Regarding the doubt around his son's participation in the repeated attacks on the home of the Vice Minister of Welfare Ministry, Koizumi's father said, "I didn't think he would do this kind of thing. I want to tell him, 'kill yourself' because he snatched away two precious lives. I'm extremely sorry."
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