A 20-year-old woman was attacked by a man with a baseball bat in Chikusei City, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Tuesday morning. The woman suffered a broken cheekbone under her left eye.
According to police, the suspect -- who was about 170 cm tall -- suddenly approached the victim around 2:40 a.m. on the street while she was walking home. He pulled a bat from beneath his coat and hit the woman's face before fleeing. The victim's mother called police after she returned home.
© News reports
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meanmutha
Here we go 2009. A violent new angry Japan.
some14some
Ex-boyfriend (guess).
whitepocky
That narrows the search down a bit doesn't it. Did he have black hair too?? Great detective work guys!!
Wakarimasen
Frustrated Hanshin Tigers fan.....
ptolemy
What a pathetic excuse of a man. Attack a woman with a baseball bat. I can possibly see the future: unemployed, 30ish, and "just wanted to attack someone - frustrated with (fill in the blank). You're pathetic dude.
Sarge
I can see we're going to need to have a license to carry a baseball bat now lol...
Sarge
"The woman suffered a broken cheekbone under her left eye"
Damn, that's going to leave a mark.
norinrad21
pretty much
fantomas
coward!
nath
I can't even express how disgusted I am by this puke. A bat to a complete stranger's face?
I'm no hero, but I almost wish he'd try it with me just so I'd have the chance to take that bat from him and use it to smash his kneecaps into a fine powder.
Disillusioned
If this is the shape of things to come it's gonna be a good year for news.
NeoJamal
You couldn't be any more wrong pal. Had the woman carried her own metal baseball bat around, she would've had a greater chance of coming out of this attack un-scathed.
Remember folks: baseball bats don't kill people, people kill people.
sensei258
Maybe a ban on blunt objects would help.
memyselfI
Sick man aims bat at woman's face. What was he trying to do decapitate her ? She's lucky to be alive.
nath
Once he is arrested, he gets to play baseball with Bubba-san!
Sarge
I agree with shiuu here.
bamboohat
Count number one, the guy is a total coward, for waiting to hit a twenty year old.
Count number two, the guy is a cupcake becasue (thankfully)the girl was able to WALK HOME after the attack and get her mom to call for help.
If this cream puff would have taken a full swing, he easily could have killed her.
jwills79
What an idiot!!
DXXJP
Funny thing is if she pulled out a tazer or mace she would be the one in kuffs. Go figure japan.
ca1ic0cat
If they ban blunt objects guys like this one will have to go to that special clinic in Sweden for some elective surgery.
Of couse if we caught him we could make the surgery manditory and immediate. I bet he wouldn't be harming women a second time.
Dennis Bauer
stressed out japanese people, please show some compasion to people outside your circle. Or to say it bluntly, get your had straithened out!
BBLeo
Should 'baseball bats' be banned in Japan? Was this baseball bat imported or made in Japan? Some of them are also made out of plastic to prevent serious injury.