Police in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, are looking for man who attacked a pedestrian with a sword on Monday.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 3:50 p.m. Kyodo News reported that a passerby called 110 and said a man was bleeding from a head wound after having been attacked on the street by another man wielding a sword.
The victim, who is in his 50s, was taken to hospital where doctors said his head wounds were not life-threatening. Police said he told them that he cut himself with a knife, though no knife was found.
The male suspect fled the scene. Police are analyzing street surveillance camera footage to try and identify him. They are also questioning the victim about his relationship with the assailant.
© Japan Today
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Mr Kipling
I can help them with this. Probably not a very friendly relationship would be my guess.
Derek Grebe
Your friendly neighborhood Yak syndicate will make sure this case disappears from public view.
The victim is already preparing his Frankie Pentangeli report.
timeon
Attacked with a sword, gave some made-up story to the cops, what Derek said. The guy is still alive, so probably a "friendly warning".
Nemo
Someone irked the neighborhood yak....
Yrral
Samurai warriors
kaimycahl
Oh another knife attack, this will not be the last one! As people get fed up with covid and loss of incomes we will read about many more.
WilliB
Seeing that he claims he cut himself, I would say there is quite a relationship. This was not random.
nandakandamanda
Naturally we all imagine a long-bladed weapon here, but it is important to remember that until the length is verified it could even have been a Tanto short blade, not necessarily a ‘sword’.
They too are ‘Nihonto’, (traditional bladed weapons) (not fruit knives or kitchen knives), and popular with Y people.
TokyoLiving
Unfortunate, but it's a much lesser evil than going out on the street with an assault rifle thanks to a stupid second amendment..
Disillusioned
Seems like a revenge attack. Wonder what he did to deserve it.
GuruMick
Well, its in keeping with Kanagawa as an "historical town " in Japan
Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne
You don't see actual swords in Japan very often usually they are Sabres like the katana.
Tom San
What would Chuck Norris have done?
602miko
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