Man sent to prosecutors over naked trespassing, suspected in 20 cases
KYODO NEWS - 6 minutes ago - 22:24 | All, Japan
A 48-year-old Japanese man was sent to prosecutors Wednesday after breaking into a cram school near Tokyo completely naked, in a case that police believe may be connected to about 20 other incidents in less than two hours, including a hit-and-run that left one man dead.
Daisuke Nishimura, who was arrested in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, on Monday, is suspected of committing a range of crimes in the area within approximately 90 minutes -- from hit-and-runs to theft at a convenience store -- injuring about a dozen people during the chaos.
He was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and assault after attacking a 59-year-old male teacher with a mug at a cram school and grabbing the arm of a 14-year-old female student.
Police were first contacted at around 8:15 p.m. on Monday about a tattooed man driving slowly through a residential area in Kawaguchi. At about 8:50 p.m., two motorcyclists were struck one after the other, with 46-year-old Mitsunobu Yoshida later confirmed dead at a hospital and the other, a 45-year-old man, sustaining serious injuries, they said.
The area was then hit by a spate of incidents every five to 10 minutes. A naked man believed to be Nishimura stole a car that had collided with his own around 8:55 p.m., robbed a convenience store and stole a taxi carrying two passengers.
Police arrested Nishimura at about 9:40 p.m. at the cram school.
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