Man arrested for stabbing boy in neck with umbrella

Sakuraba was quoted by police as saying he got angry because the boy broke his umbrella when he bumped into him. He admitted swinging the umbrella at the boy but denied any intent to kill him.

What's the bet it was a ¥100 umbrella? What's the charge? Assault with a deadly weapon? There was another guy killed with an umbrella just a couple of months ago.

Watch out for the crazies people! There are more out there than you think!

He admitted swinging the umbrella at the boy but denied any intent to kill him.

You stabbed him in the "neck" you dumba**! How can you say that with a straight face and say you didn't intended to kill him. Are you kidding me? Surprised this guy didn't pull the old "I was drunk and don't remember anything" BS.

What's the bet it was a ¥100 umbrella?

But more than that, it was probably the nutter's imaginary friend.

Man arrested for stabbing boy in neck with umbrella

Oh so this is a thing now. Great.

How is that even possible? The bottom of an umbrella is usually not sharp enough to pierce anything, much less a 16 year old's neck.

And why are a lot of these perpetrators we read about here unemployed?

No I did not intend to kill the boy just sever his spinal cord so the boy could be a parapleagueic for the rest of his life. So when he goes to get up and can,t more this will remind him to take notice and more care when walking around in public

JalapenoOct. 15, 2015 - 09:46AM JST How is that even possible? The bottom of an umbrella is usually not sharp enough to pierce anything, much less a 16 year old's neck.

It probably wasn't a 100 yen store umbrella with a plastic tip. Common umbrellas often have a long steel tip. I'm sure he didn't intend to stab him in the throat, it's fairly plausible that he intended to hit him but did not in the neck (Still a dumb thing to do however.)

Reminds me of a scene in an anime!

Lucky not his eye. I hope he gets well and stops bumping older unemployed men and breaking their umbrellas.

@Illyas I know what you're talking about. The anime "Another" Episode 4. But this isn't the time to talk about anime. This is a serious matter.

Excuse is BS. No way an umbrella broke simply by bumping into someone, unless it was a sidewalk so narrow you have no business opening an umbrella in the first place (and that has already poked, scraped, or scratched a few dozen people) and is a cheap piece of crap. In any case, yet another person here snapping over trivialities. Lock him up, or at the very least assign him local duties cleaning up -- then he gets to work, for no money!

Lets forget about the umbrella and the after fact and get to the root cause. Did the boy apologize for bumping into the man or was the bump intentional? The root cause was the bump? The umbrella piercing is after the fact.

@Jalapeno

And why are a lot of these perpetrators we read about here unemployed?

A very valid question. I've thought about this a lot and deduced that Japan has a meagre welfare system at best, only topped by there being a complete absence of a mid-career job market. In other words, once someone of middle age (especially a woman, unfortunately) gets laid off, finding work is extremely gruelling here. This double whammy drives many to extremes (no, I'm not saying this is solely to blame - but it's definitely a factor).

w/o defending this guy's actions in any way, there are droves of "marginal" guys in their 30s and 40s who could`t compete in the exam / corporate wars, and thus in Japan have essentially no social identity. They are in serious need of psych counselling, job placement and life skills assistance, and a chance at regular employment that pays a living wage. If not, expect more of the same.