Society | Jan 26

Two 14-year-old boys arrested for robbing jewelry store, assaulting owner

HIROSHIMA, Jan 26 (Japan Today) - Two 14-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a 62-year-old jewelry store owner after he came out of the store when they smashed his shop display window and grabbed a necklace in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Tuesday.

According to police, the incident occurred at around 5:50 p.m. TV Asahi reported that the shop owner was beaten about the head with a hammer by one of the boys who are both junior high school students. They fled with a necklace worth 300,000 yen but were taken into custody at around 10 p.m. after their movements were tracked by street surveillance cameras. ...continue reading

Source: 広島ニュース TSS

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