Students accused in homeless man slaying

TOKYO, July 16 (UPI) -- Two Japanese students face charges of beating a homeless man to death in a Tokyo park.

Twenty-year-old Naoto Yoshida and a 19-year-old man, whose name has not been made public because he is a minor, allegedly kicked a homeless man in the head and chest while he was sleeping in the park Wednesday, reported the Kyodo News agency Saturday.

The homeless man is believed to be 64-year-old Masamitsu Katori, police said.

The suspects told police they had been drinking near the park and "got carried away," Kyodo said.