A 73-year-old man was beaten and had his rucksack containing 150,000 and other items stolen in Otofuke town, Hokkaido, police said Sunday.
The incident occurred at around 5:40 p.m. on Saturday, Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported.
According to the police, the man had just returned home by car. Immediately after getting out of the car, he was hit twice in the back of the head by someone who grabbed his rucksack containing cash, his ATM card and other items.
The man suffered minor injuries. Police said he was unable to describe his attacker other than that he was wearing dark clothing with a hoodie and fled on foot.
© Japan Today
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zulander
V suspicious, someone must have known he would have cash on him.... likely not "random".
Yohan
Yen 150.000,- is not really such a big amount and Otofuke is a small city, these people took the money and were running away by foot, they cannot live far away.
If there are any cameras nearby, recordings might be helpful to find out who did this as they took his rucksack too. Not very professional, as experienced criminals always take only the cash money and throw the bag, wallet, ATM card etc immediately away to avoid to be identified.
The best is you carry with you only a minimum of cash money - pay whenever possible with creditcard, debitcard in supermarkets, gas stations and such places. Also keep only a minimum of cash in your home.
iron man
less than USD1K? I dunno the place. I do not do smart phone stuff (too many crims smarter than me.) enough readies in wallet for an emergency tixi, and the tip at the bar, only. Cash in the home. wats that, wallet?
kaimycahl
Regardless of the amount of money that was taken the point is the man was robbed assaulted and a crime was committed.
3RENSHO
"less than USD1K?"
This robbery incident did not involve American dollars.
WoodyLee
As always an insider jo, someone who knows his schedule, habits, and possibly knows him well.