An unemployed suspect in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of robbery and injury after breaking into an accessory store in Omotesando, Tokyo, and threatening a clerk with a model gun to steal cash.
The clerk resisted and ran out of the store, but there was a police box on the escape route.
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Around 7:30 pm on the 22nd, a man broke into an accessory store near Omotesando in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, and demanded cash by pointing a model gun at the clerk.
The clerk resisted and was injured in the process, but the man rushed out of the store without taking anything and fled.
He ran at full speed through Omotesando, which was bustling with shoppers, and there was a police box along the way.
A police officer who noticed the incident caught him on the spot, and he was arrested just a few minutes after the incident occurred.
According to investigative sources, Nagatomo Nagatomo (32), who has no address and is unemployed, was arrested on suspicion of robbery and injury.
He told the investigation, "He came to Tokyo from Osaka three days ago to look for a job to pay off his debt, but he couldn't find a job, so he thought he had no choice but to make money by robbing." about it.
He also had a kitchen knife with a blade length of 20 cm hidden in his bag, but he said that he stopped by Shinjuku just before the incident and bought a model gun.
He said, "I decided to use a model gun because I wanted to avoid hurting my opponent."