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> 同居している25歳の女性に暴行を加え殺害した **として,** 35歳の男、兔富士直樹容疑者が 殺人の疑いで逮捕されました (Death Note Ep
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In the above sentence, does として mean "to assume that", "to consider ~" or "to
view ~ as ~"? But with these definitions, the sentence's meaning is rather
weird. Please explain the using of として in this case. Is it necessary to have
the comma「、」 after として?
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What is the meaning of として in this case?
My own personal fave TL would be:

> "on suspicion of"

While that might not look like a literal translation of 「～～として」, it certainly
carries just about the same meaning and nuance.

The comma is optional, but it would be advizable to use one.
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Jisho has 'supposing that' as one of the definitions for とする. It appears to be
linked with 逮捕されました. It is analogous to the following sentence from
[Tangorin](http://tangorin.com/examples/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%20%E9%80%AE%E6%8D%95).

> その男性はスパイとして逮捕された。  
>  The man was arrested as a spy.

The comma seems necessary because the sentence is broken up with another
phrase that intervenes before 逮捕.

A 35-year-old male, 兔富士直, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting and
murdering a 25-year-old female whom he cohabited with.
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