On the 12th that at least four of the eight victims stated that they did not know the perpetrator or knew the face while a Korean female student in her 20s who wielded a hammer on a university campus in Tokyo, Japan, was caught by Japanese police.
The second-year social studies student at Hosei University in Japan took the hammer out of his pocket and swung it. He walked behind the classroom 10 minutes after the class started and hit students on the head in succession with a hammer. About two minutes after he started swinging the hammer, two faculty members at the scene overpowered him and arrested him. He was immediately handed over to police.
Yoo, who entered Hosei University in April 2023, told the police that he thought there was no other way but to hit people in the same classroom to stop bullying. He also told the police that he hit him with a hammer at school because he was angry about being ignored by students.
However, the police have yet to secure testimony from officials to confirm whether the woman’s claim of damage is true. Some of the victims said they did not know the perpetrator at all, and some said they knew each other by introducing themselves. Three of the injured people received first aid at a university clinic for bleeding from their heads, but it is said that their lives are not affected.
Japanese media released photos of Yoo’s real name, residence and face without a mosaic. In the Japanese media, it is a rule to reveal the real name and face of a suspected criminal.
SALLY LEE
US ASIA JOURNAL
