Tokyo: Man slashes convenience store manager during theft of 2 rice balls

tokyoreporter.com -- Jan 28

Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a 48-year-old man who allegedly slashed the manager of a convenience store in Toshima Ward during the theft of two rice balls on Friday, reports Nippon News Network

At around 8:00 p.m., Takashi Morita attempted to walk out of an outlet of Lawson Store 100 with two onigiri rice balls. Upon being stopped by the manager, 42, the suspect allegedly used a knife with a 33-centimeter-long blade to slash him in the head, causing a skull fracture.

The manager suffered serious injuries that will require two months to heal, police said.

After the attack, the manager and a female customer, aged in her 30s, apprehended Morita.

“After he took me to the office for shoplifting, I thought I could get away by slashing him,” the suspect told police.

Jan 28 (ANNnewsCH) - 東京・豊島区のコンビニ店で、万引きを見つかった男が店の経営者の男性をナイフで切り付けたとして逮捕されました。経営者の男性は重傷です。