A junior high school boy was stabbed in the arm by a man on Tuesday night in Kagoshima.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 8:05 p.m. near JR Kagoshima-Chuo Station, Kyodo News reported. The boy told police he was walking toward the station to go home when a passerby stabbed his arm with a sharp object.
The boy went home and told his mother who called 110. Police said the boy suffered a minor injury.
The suspect is believed to be in his 30s and about 180 cms tall. He had black hair and was wearing a dark-colored suit at the time. The boy said he did not know the man.
Police said they are examining street surveillance camera footage to try and identify the assailant.
© Japan Today
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桜川雪
Well this narrows it down to about 50 million suspects.
Sven Asai
Anyway, what do all the kids outside and far from home after 8p.m.? When I was in his age, I had to be already have eaten dinner, complete my school homework, taken shower and to be in bed latest at 8p.m., only allowed then to still further study a bit or to read a book until 9p.m. when there had to be lights off and silence until next morning. Such bad and threatening things never happened and couldn’t happen in that bygone era. Maybe you tell me something of cram schools and after school activities now. But also that’s been different then. No need for cram schools, as we all still liked to go to school and studied everything as best as possible during the regular lessons and by doing the homework. And the after school activities were of course directly after school, as the name hints, from 2p.m. to 4p.m. in the afternoon for example.
wallace
A dangerous menace who needs to be off the streets.
Moonraker
Scary.
Stephen Chin
All streets in Japan should and must be safe for all people who walk in them. The stabber must be caught and sentenced to a long term behind bars. How long?
VERY LOOOOOONG.
jalan5
"The boy said he did not know the man."
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Mark
Poor Kid, A Drunk!? or another Psycho that just got out of a mental institution for the summer?
uaintseeme
This is the only thing that scares me in Japan...getting stabbed.
falseflagsteve
What a badly thing to do. Let’s hope this deviant is caught soon before he does something worse, they usually escalate their crimes you see.
Mr Kipling
Waited until he got home and told his mum? Must have been a really serious injury... Or another self inflicted one?
thinkbefore
Wow that's really scary! Maybe they should introduce some self defence courses at schools. A lot of weirdos out there.
starpunk
Glad it was only a minor injury. Still, this creep must be found and arrested soon!
sir_bentley28
This is a sign that summer is almost here! Because this is how it always begins. Get him off the streets!
sir_bentley28
Why not say if he was Japanese? Because I'm in my 30s, have black hair and wear a dark-coloured suit on some days. It could be anyone!