Two junior high school students in the prefecture got into trouble on SNS over "Which is the famous Yankee in Saitama?"
In this incident, the police arrested 11 people, including junior high school students and gang members, on suspicion of injury.
According to the police, a 14-year-old male student in the second grade of junior high school was taken around by car from the early morning to the morning of October 2, and was beaten and kicked by many men and women on the riverbed and parking lot in Saitama City. There was an incident where the student received serious injuries such as broken chest and nose.
The police arrested 11 people, including junior high school students and high school students aged 15 to 25, and gang members, on suspicion of injury and confinement by the 7th on suspicion of being involved in this incident.
According to the investigation so far, the female junior high school student among the 11 arrested and the male junior high school student who was the victim met on SNS before the incident, and while interacting, they got into an argument over "who is the famous Yankee in Saitama?" It means that it was.
It is believed that an acquaintance of a gang member who heard this from a junior high school girl gathered his friends and assaulted him, and the police are investigating the details.
Police have not released a statement saying it would interfere with the investigation.