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Police in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, have arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of attempted murder after he threatened an elementary school girl with a knife.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 4 p.m. Tuesday as the girl and a classmate were walking home from school, Fuji TV reported. The teenage suspect approached the girls from behind, brandishing a knife with a blade measuring 18.5 centimeters in length.
After he grabbed one of the girls, her friend pressed her pocket security alarm and sought help from a nearby resident who called 110. A male passerby managed to subdue the boy until police arrived.
Police said the girl was not injured during the incident. They quoted the suspect as saying he wanted to kill the girl.
© Japan Today
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shogun36
Those kids got more guts and common sense than so many adults around here, love it!
Hopefully that 17 year old gets caught in a room with the girl’s parents at some point. Teach him a lesson.
Mocheake
Lots of young (and old) sociopaths walking around out there
descendent
Oizumi? Isn't that the place where 25% of the people are from South America?
Tom San
Yep. There's a Brazilian community there. Many of them employed at the nearby Subaru plant.
WilliB
Good that the nutcase was stopped. I am curious what this "pocket security alarm" is, does someone know?
Nancy Harrison
Pocket security alarms are small battery-powered devices that will make an incredibly annoying high pitched beeping sound non-stop when you push the button on them. They are often handed out to elementary school children along with the lecture on how to escape would-be abductors. My son had one shaped like a ladybug.
kaimycahl
Oh the 17 year old now knows what it feels like to be an idiot!!
starpunk
That's right now, take it out on somebody younger and more defenseless. Let's see how he likes being in jail or a juvenile home. Bully chump!