Student indicted for assault in Hosei University hammer attack case
Yoo Ju Hyun, a South Korean studying in Japan, underwent a psychiatric evaluation from Feb 14 until April 25 to determine if she was mentally fit to stand trial. Prosecutors decided to indict her on Thursday.
According to the indictment, Yoo, a second-year undergraduate in the Faculty of Sociology, used a hammer which she found in another classroom, and injured eight students. Seven sustained head injuries. Some of the victims were acquainted with the suspect.
Yoo has been quoted by police as saying she had been bullied on a regular basis and she came to think the only solution was to attack the students.
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