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Tokyo Reported
25-05-2025
- Tokyo Reported
American suspected in pepper-spray incident in Chiba: 'I lost my mind'
CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have sent an American male to prosecutors over a pepper-spray incident at a shopping mall in Inzai City that sickened more than 40 people last week, reports (May 25). At around 2:40 p.m. on May 23, Eric Yen-Joo Lin, 51, allegedly sprayed pepper spray at two other men, aged 72 and 69, in the parking lot of Aeon Mall Chiba New Town. On Sunday police sent Lin to prosecutors on suspicion of inflicting injury. 'I lost my mind and sprayed the pepper spray,' Lin told police. 'I was attacked too.' Eric Yen-Joo Lin (X) The male targets of the spray, who had been shopping, suffered minor injuries, the Inzai Police Station said previously. According to police, 44 people complained of feeling unwell after the pepper spray was sprayed by Lin. Of them, twelve were taken to a hospital. Lin also told police that he had gotten into a dispute with the two men over cigarettes before the incident.
Tokyo Reported
23-05-2025
- Tokyo Reported
American in custody after Chiba pepper-spray incident sickens 40
CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police on Friday arrested an American male following a pepper-spray incident at a shopping mall in Inzai City sickened more than 40 people, reports Nippon News Network (May 23). At around 2:40 p.m., Eri Yen-Joo Lin, 51, allegedly sprayed pepper spray at two other men, aged 72 and 69, in the parking lot of Aeon Mall Chiba New Town. Both men, who had been shopping, suffered minor injuries, police said. According to the Inzai Police Station, 44 people complained of feeling unwell after the pepper spray was sprayed by Lin. Of them, twelve were taken to a hospital. Lin told police that he had gotten into a dispute with the men over cigarettes. 'I lost my temper and sprayed the pepper spray,' he said. Police accused Lin of inflicting injury. They are also speaking with the hospitalized men to learn the details of what led to the incident. Shopping mall The shopping mall where the incident occurred is mainly composed of four buildings. The parking lot is on the first floor. After the incident, many police officers and emergency personnel gathered to deal with the situation. As well, several wheelchairs were seen being brought in and access to some of the aisles near the parking lot was restricted, reports NHK (May 23). A woman who was eating with three friends at a restaurant on the first floor of the shopping mall said, 'Suddenly, the people around me started coughing and my nose started stinging. About 20 people, including customers and store clerks, had the same symptoms. We got better quickly, but some were more severe. It was the first time something like this had happened to me, so I was surprised.' A woman in her 60s who lives in the city had come to shop at the facility. She said, 'I went into a store near the parking lot on the first floor, and suddenly started coughing uncontrollably, so the store clerk gave me some tea. My throat was itchy and it's still there. The atmosphere inside the facility was not the usual peaceful one, and I didn't know what was going on.'
Tokyo Reported
28-04-2025
- Tokyo Reported
Vietnamese national accused of attempted murder in Chiba
CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have revealed that evidence found at a Narita City home where a male Vietnamese national is suspected of stabbing an elderly couple connects the suspect to the crime, reports TBS News (Apr. 28). At around 6:50 p.m. on March 13, Le Thanh Luan, 32, allegedly broke into the residence and slashed the neck the 74-year-old male occupant with a knife-like object in an attempt to kill him and commit robbery, police said previously. In the latest development, police have revealed that the results of the forensic examination found at the house showed that the DNA type of evidence left at the scene is identical to that of the suspect. Upon his arrest on suspicion of attempted murder, Le denied the allegations. 'I have no idea [about the matter],' the suspect said. Le is also suspected of slashing the neck of the man's 73-year-old wife. She suffered serious injuries, police said. No murder weapon was found at the scene. However, police have seized knives from Le's home and are investigating whether they were used in the crime. The arrest is not the first for Le. At around 4:45 p.m. on April 16, police first apprehended the suspect when he was found with a crowbar in the parking lot of a commercial facility in Narita. He was accused of violating the Act on the Prohibition of Possession of Special Lock-Picking Tools.
