A man used a hatchet to attack another man playing pachinko in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Wednesday night.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 9:50 p.m. at the Super Lucky Izumi pachinko parlor, Kyodo News reported. The attacker hit the victim in the head and back and then ran out of the pachinko parlor.
An employee called 110. The victim was taken to hospital and was in a stable condition on Thursday, police said.
The attacker is described as being in his 20s or early 30s, had blond hair and was wearing gray pants and a black top.
Police said they are examining surveillance camera footage from the store to try and identify the man.
© Japan Today
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Mr Kipling
"Super Lucky" it was only a small hatchet. But having blond hair will not help his chances of avoiding the miracle surveillance footage the police claim to use for almost every crime.
Tell_me_bout_it
Everytime I open this page, I see someone attacked, injured, stole, murdered, hijacked, assaulted, etc.
Larr Flint
I'm waiting for folks who will say that Japan is a safe place. There is someone being attacked with knives and hatchets every second day.
Stay safe, lock your doors and windows.
Yubaru
Japan is a safe place! Dont play pachinko!
Let me guess, the country you live in is Utopia and no one commits any crimes. lol!
Ass
It's not the size of your hatchet that counts. It's the way you swing it.
Just kidding. The size of your hatchet matters infinitely.
Mark
Yup, it must be spring or summer and all the Psychos are out of hospitals and treatment centers where they hide and hibernate.
Mark
Japan is still a very safe place to live when compared to many other places, I see kids as young as 6, 7, & 8 years old riding trains going to school with us adults daily, I see ATM machine being used the elderly with cash in their hands daily, I see young women and children playing in parks in the middle of a city even after sunset, I see people of all ages walking around me without any fear of being attacked, shot, pushed, shoved, or even harassed by other or even police.
Anyone who knows what living in danger means would appreciate Japans safety.
3RENSHO
"Blond hair"? The attacker probably had dyed orange hair...
garypen
Orrrrrrrrr...dyed blonde hair.
Yubaru
Recently, as in the past couple of years now, blonde dyed hair looks blonde, and not orange or any other color, other than blonde.
Some Japanese men and women, look good too, particularly when they get it done by a pro!