Take our user survey and make your voice heard.
Tochigi prefectural police have arrested four male suspects, including three minors, on suspicion of robbery and assaulting a 74-year-old apartment landlord in Kanuma City in April.
According to police, one of the suspects is a 20-year-old unemployed Afghan man, while the other three are aged between 17 and 19, Sankei Shimbun reported. The Afghan man, who lives in Sano City, and his three accomplices are accused of breaking into the apartment of the landlord at around 8:40 p.m. on April 18. After ringing the victim’s doorbell, the four forcibly entered his residence and tied both of his legs with adhesive tape.
A neighbor overheard the commotion and rushed over to see what was going on, which prompted the four suspects to flee the scene without stealing money or valuables. The victim suffered minor injuries.
Police said one of the suspects had previously moved into an apartment that the victim owned and asked the others to join in the attempted robbery by telling them he thought there might be money in the owner’s apartment.
© Japan Today
8 Comments
Login to comment
Mickelicious
Thankfully the old guy was OK. The Afghani kid's life is about to get a hard reboot.
jalan5
"The Afghani kid's life is about to get a hard reboot."
He''l catch hell so hard he'll wish he was back home under the Taliban
Random
Hopefully after he does his stretch in lockup, he’ll be returned to where he came from.
shogun36
Great deduction there genius. News flash, everyone in your apartment complex has money.
Well, time to deport him then. Clearly not contributing to society.
albaleo
We don't know that the under-20s are Japanese. (I guess the law prevents revealing such details.) The article also implies the 20-year old Afghan is the leader, but that may not be true. He's just the one we have information about.
regev
Of course there's a difference if the criminal is native or foreign; If your son has stolen money from your wallet, you might punish and educate him, but if the stealing kid was a guest, you'll never let him enter your house again – wouldn't you?
shogun36
Nope. Charge all four with the exact same things. It doesn't matter what country scum is from. Trash will be trash no matter their backgrounds. And clearly all 4 members of this crew are dirtbags. No discrimination here.