Police in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, have arrested a 54-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of attempted murder after he threw a glass bottle from his 8th floor apartment balcony at an 81-year-old man picking up trash below at a prefectural housing complex.
The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon, TV Asahi reported. Police said Shinsuke Hayashi threw a 15-cm-long empty glass bottle from his balcony. The bottle narrowly missed the man, who also lives in the apartment building.
A witness told police which balcony the bottle was thrown from.
Police said Hayashi has denied throwing the bottle at the man. He was quoted as saying, “I threw it, but I made sure there was no one below before doing so."
The man told police that another object, thrown from above, had just missed him two days earlier. Police are questioning Hayashi about that incident.
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Brian Wheway
Why on earth would you go to the top of a building and throw a glass bottle from high up? It would seem that the guy wanted to cause an injury on a random person, I don't know what the police can charge him with, possibly attempted murder? Grievously body harm? But since nothing hit the litter picker, the police need to find out his motive for the alledged attack
Daniel Neagari
well... probably he wanted to send a message in a bottle...to the sea, but was too drunk to go to the sea?
Or (most probably) he is an idiot
nandakandamanda
So the guy finishes one bottle every two days, and throws it from his apartment balcony...
Daniel Neagari
bottle throwing... probably it will be an Olympic cathegory in 40 years in the future...
Garthgoyle
No suspended sentence, please.
nandakandamanda
And the guy below feels it's his duty to clean up the broken glass...
shogun36
Idiot
2 Year Old
Total tool!
Lock him up!
nandakandamanda
"A cry for help!"
(Some might say)
TokyoLiving
What a pathetic loser..
Send him to the yakz..
リッチ
Seems like he should have kept his mouth shut. As no one saw him fatal do it, could have just claimed it fell off the balcony and be done with it. Seems these random crazy acts are happening a lot more. Glad the old guy is okay and I hope the guy gets some help. He clearly needs it.
Hercolobus
He needs community service picking up trash.
kaimycahl
Lights on but nobody's home! The guy admits throwing the bottle out but not at the man. I guess he felt it was ok to throw a bottle out as long as it didn't hit anyone. I guess he call that recycling energy.
Police said Hayashi has denied throwing the bottle at the man. He was quoted as saying, “I threw it, but I made sure there was no one below before doing so."