When the train stopped at Fukuyama station of the Sanyo Railway (currently JR West Sanyo Honsen) at 2:46 am, Senior Lieutenant Naomi ADACHI (45 years old) who was the commander of the Fukuoka regiment of the 12th division of the Japanese Imperial Army was found murdered in a 2nd grade car (two-axle four-wheel car, No. 197).
午前2時46分に山陽鉄道（現在の西日本旅客鉄道山陽本線）の福山駅に停車したところ、二等客車（二軸客車197号車）で、大日本帝国陸軍第12師団福岡連隊中隊長であった足立直躬大尉（当時45歳）が惨殺されていた。