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Police in Tokyo's Adachi Ward said Monday they have arrested a man for brandishing a knife and creating a disturbance on the street.
According to police, a call came into 110 at around 3 p.m. Sunday, reporting that a man was puncturing car tires with a knife, Sankei reported. Interrupted by a gasoline station attendant, the suspect fled. He grabbed the wrist of an elementary school boy who happened to be passing by, and attempted to drag him away.
A male passerby tried to intervene and was threatened by the knife-wielding man, but the gasoline station employee was able to subdue the suspect.
Police said the suspect is a 60-year-old man from Tochigi Prefecture. At the time of his arrest, he was also in possession of what appeared to a homemade grenade or explosive device, from which smoke was coming, and a gun made by a 3D printer, in his rucksack. Police summoned a bomb disposal unit before proceeding to take the man into custody.
Police said the man's speech since his arrest has been incomprehensible.
© Japan Today
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ham21
Someone else in need of jailhouse mental intervention. (Needs to be locked up while getting help physiologically)
Mirai Hayashi
Another nut on the loose
smithinjapan
No need for this guy to worry... plenty of people to defend him as innocent of the crime of he has mental problems. I say lock him up! As for 3-D printed guns, these are a new thing that are going to become more of a problem, and a very serious one, from now on. I say the government quickly makes legislation that makes possession of such a gun punishable up to 20 years in prison, and manufacture of one illegally punishable by even more. Nip it in the bud!
nath
Do you not think he sounds like he has mental issues? Or are you saying he should be held culpable even if he is not able to distinguish right from wrong?
khulifi
Drunk gangster ... he will say he can not remember any thing and let go unpunished.
nath
No.
some14some
too scary... this guy was in possession of grenade like explosive device, printed 3-D gun and a knife.
100 CPM
"Police said the man’s speech since his arrest has been incomprehensible."
so now this gray=grown-man-child is going to play crazy after doing exact forms of public terrorism; it figures
lucabrasi
Poor bloke. There but for the grace of God....
kyushubill
At times I am glad to be in Nagoya.
nath
Mental acuity and the ability to distinguish right from wrong are separate things.
Disillusioned
Ah, the crazed geriatric crime wave continues.
wowyz
"they can do stuff like that in Japan and live-so lucky, in Los Angeles his "incomprehensible" speech would be heard from the spirit world.
Badge213
Award, promotion and pay raise for the gas station attendent.
DaDude
He didn't go into this guns ablazing. He slashed tires, grabbed a random schoolboy and threatened with a knife but didn't seem to harm anyone as if he was trying to get arrested for some reason.
Commodore Shmidlap (Retired)
The 3D printed gun certainly adds a new wrinkle to this case. I wonder if he had some sort of grievance or was trying to make some kind of point.
Elbuda Mexicano
Strange news but happy the little boy was NOT hurt by this crazy old fool, this guy needs to be LOCKED UP and I really doubt that any medicine can help, so just THROW AWAY THE KEYS!
Fadamor
I wonder where he had the gun printed? I know there is a shop in Nakano Broadway that does 3D printing, but I can't see a business facilitating this idiot. Where does a mentally imbalanced individual get their 3D printing done?