Society | Feb 19

3 stones thrown from apartment building narrowly miss boy below

Three stones were thrown from an apartment building in Osaka, on Thursday, narrowly missing an 11-year-old boy walking below.

Police said they are looking into the incident as a possible case of attempted murder, Sankei Shimbun reported. The boy was walking toward the entrance of the 15-floor apartment building in Miyakojima Ward at around 4:30 p.m. when the stones, about five centimeters long, fell in front of him one by one. He was not injured.

Police said the boy told them he looked up and saw an elderly woman on the stairwell of the sixth floor. When he returned home, he told his mother who contacted police.

Source: MBS NEWS


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