A 48-year-old woman who said she was stabbed in the abdomen as she was leaving a music event in Yokohama on Nov 23, but then later admitted she stabbed herself, has been sent to prosecutors on a charge of falsely reporting a crime.
The incident occurred at around 5:40 p.m. at K-Arena Yokohama in Nishi Ward, where the woman and her husband had been attending an event that started at 2 p.m., Kyodo News reported. The woman said she had been stabbed but wasn't aware of it until she felt pain as she was leaving the arena and saw a knife sticking into her stomach. She was taken to hospital and treated for a minor wound.
However, when police questioned her, she told them she had kept the knife in her pocket and stabbed herself with it. Her husband was apparently unaware of what she had done. The woman and her husband come from Osaka to attend the event.
The woman confessed to having “troubles” on her mind, police said.
© Japan Today
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timeon
Rather than prosecutors, this lady needs some good psychiatrists.
DanteKH
Too many lunatics and people with mental issues walking free in Japan...
virusrex
At least she did not stab her husband or an innocent bystander because of the "troubles" in her mind.
Mark
Indeed. What on Earth is this women doing at the prosecutor instead of at the doctor's clinic?
In case you hadn't noticed, Japan is a highly stressed-out and unhappy nation. People need help but they are;t getting it.
TrevorPeace
The story doesn't say whether she was kept in jail since that day. I hope she wasn't sent home.
Redemption
A cry for help?
factchecker
Should be sent to the looney bin.
Samit Basu
Since when is a suicide attempt criminal?
Unless she did false reporting...