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67-year-old man slashed by woman on Saitama street

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A 67-year-old man was slashed by a woman as he walked home in Saitama on Wednesday.

According to police, the man said he was walking along a street in Nishi Ward at around 7:50 p.m. when a woman, whom he did not know, approached him, suddenly slashed his right elbow and then ran away, Kyodo News reported. The man called 110. He was taken to hospital where doctors said the 15-cm-long wound was not serious.

The woman is described as being in her 30s or early 40s, about 160 cms tall and was wearing a T-shirt and long pants. 

Police said the assailant may be the same woman who was seen waving a razor blade toward people in the same area on July 4. Police said they are examining street surveillance camera footage to try and identify the woman.

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Okay. Another nut case here. I hope they catch her.

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Quite a lot of senseless violence in the news recently, temperature seems to be bringing out the violence in some people.

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@Cleo it is just as easy to buy a knife in Japan as it is to buy a gun in the US perhaps what you are saying Japan needs Knife laws. Regardless of the weapon, if a person with a warped mind wants to kill or harm someone they will do it whether they shoot them, stone them, choke them or kick them to death no law is going to stop people from doing such heinous crimes against humanity. Japan says they have gun laws yes they do but did that stop the ex-minister from being assassinated by someone who went great lengths to perform the unthinkable?

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She's such a coward. Attacking a senior citizen like that.

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It wasn’t MY fault, it was the Razor Blade.

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Need treatment, then lock her up for few years until she calms down if she ever does.

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The Japanese talk proudly of their tough gun control laws. But it's a necessity here, otherwise massacres would occur far too often.

..as they do occur in countries with lax to non-existent gun laws, where any psycho can buy a gun in Walmart. But it isn't a necessity there?

If the woman in t-shirt and long pants had had access to a Walmart, we could be reading about a bloodbath on a crowded train, or in a school.

Them tough gun laws work.

4 ( +12 / -8 )

She looks like having ego fullfilment from her neurosis/psichosis, another psicopath woman feminist that hates men. Probably a compolsive liar and for sure did move from another place and left 5 cats starving to death.

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Criminals will always find a way.

Arson and knifings seem to be the weapons of choice in japan.

Doesn't matter what laws you want to fawn over, criminals will always find a way.

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I don't get it why was this lady not arrested? Was she that hard to find? "Police said the assailant may be the same woman who was seen waving a razor blade toward people in the same area on July 4". Japan may be thought of as being a very safe place but recently you have a bunch of fruit loops deciding to just harm innocent people for no reason at all. Is Japan really safe yes compared to other countries but ?????

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Saitama Japan: Terrible news. I hope they capture this women. She was wearing a t-shirt and long pants. Should be easy to find in Saitama. Heh, heh...

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Blame the knife or blame the person?

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Another unprovoked attack by a psycho. The Japanese talk proudly of their tough gun control laws. But it's a necessity here, otherwise massacres would occur far too often.

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