Aug 30 (Japan Today) - A bicycle thrown from a municipal apartment building hit and injured a 76-year-old woman walking below in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Tuesday.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 3 p.m., Fuji TV reported. A male passerby contacted police to report that a woman was collapsed on the ground in the courtyard, bleeding from the head, after a bike had landed on her. The mangled bicycle was nearby.
Police said the woman, who lives in the building, was taken to hospital with a 15-cm gash in her forehead. She was in a stable condition Wednesday.
Police suspect that someone threw the bicycle from the rooftop of the 14-story building, where tenants' bikes are parked, and are investigating the incident as attempted murder.
