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A 25-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder on Monday, after he hit a 29-year-old man repeatedly with an aluminium baseball bat. A taxi driver called police just before 2 a.m. and told them a man was walking around with a baseball bat. Police rushed to the area outside Gyotoku station in Ichikawa City, and found Kazuma Oi standing over a man and attacking him with the bat.
Oi was arrested and admitted to attacking the man, saying he was challenged by him. The victim was seriously injured and was bleeding from his head, but is in a stable condition in hospital, police said.
© News reports
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thepro
frustrated at work?
TheguyNextdoor
Damn.....
timeon
was challenged by him while walking around swinging the bat?? more probably he was just challenged. mentally
Mittsu
Go Tigers! Madness walks the streets.
timorborder
Swinging for the fences.
Sarge
"just before 2 a.m."
A good time to walk around the station with a baseball bat.
bamboohat
Moral: never, ever challenge a man at 2AM with a baseball bat
smithinjapan
Well, at least it wasn't a geriatric going ballistic today, or mother assisting in her daughter's rape/assault. I guess that makes it an almost 'normal' attack for today so far.... SO FAR. Japan's just not the 'safety' country it once was.
nath
Fight Club or too much K1-fights-watching at TV?...
Altria
Probably Koshien baseball on TV all day.
mindovermatter
Who needs a knife or a sword..? A baseball bat in Japan is just as good as having a 44 magnum.
I wonder when they will amend the "Firearms and Swords" Law to read, "Firearms and Swords and Baseball Bats" Law..?
I wonder if it took 10 cops to arrest this guy, and in the process the cops stuck their heads out to absorb the impacts and swings of the guy wielding the bat, rather than, accidentally "harm" this nice man during his arrest...?
Cleo... Care to weigh in with your Informed and so Astute opinion...?
norinrad21
Battle of the wits
seesaw
Gyotoku Station again?...that place doesn't sound safe ne...
NeoJamal
and this is news. I was expecting a drama unfolding in an affluent part of Midori-ward
zurcronium
Reminds me of the Baseball Furies in movie the Warriors.