The first grim discovery came when a woman found the severed head and paws of a brown speckled cat as she walked along the banks of the Arakawa River in Saitama City, Japan. Days later, what police believe was the rest of the body turned up on the grounds of an elementary school.
source https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/asia/japan-saitama-cat-killings-intl-hnk/index.html
